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QURAN READING FOR DEAD CAN IT ARRIVE By: Ahmad Syahrin Thoriq Of the three things that were sent to people who had died, namely in the form of prayers, alms and reading the Koran, it was this last thing that the scholars differed on.  Unmitigated, in just one madhhab, the opinion of the scholars is not unanimous. Almost every madhhab has a different opinion from the opinion of the mu'tamad of their madzhab.  However, in general the opinion groups can be divided into two, those who state that they are represented by the Hanafi and Hanbali schools, while those who say that they are not represented by the Maliki and Shafi'i schools. Al Imam Ibn Taimiyah Rahimahullah said: أما وصول ثواب العبادات البدنية كالقراءة، والصلاة، والصوم فمذهب أحمد، وأبي حنيفة، وطائفة من أصحاب مالك، والشافعي، إ لى أنها تصل، وذهب أكثر أصحاب مالك، والشافعي، إلى أنها لا تصل "As for the reward for bodily worship such as reading the Qur'an, prayer and fasting, the madzhab of Imam Ahmad, Abu