What is the religious ruling regarding the statement of a jurist that the soul of the deceased descends and hears the visitor if he recites some Surahs of the Qur'an, and is it permissible to recite the Qur'an and donate its reward to the deceased?
The idea of the dead hearing and the deceased's spirit descending to hear the words of the living has no basis. As for reciting the Qur'an and dedicating its reward to the dead, its ruling has been previously established.
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