Can we send the thawab of reading a khatm al-Quran to different people?
When I read the Quran in Ramadan to complete a khatm al-Quran, a friend calls and asks me to complete a khatm for him/her too. Then, another friend calls and asks the same thing. What kind of an intention is necessary while reading this khatm? Is one khatm al-Quran for one person or can I send the thawab of a khatm al-Quran to several people?
Dear Brother / Sister,
You can send the thawab of a khatm al-Quran to all of those people and give it as a gift to anybody you wish. You can even send it to the spirits of all dead people.
A word is heard by all the people around when it is uttered. Similarly, the chapter of al-fatiha and khatm al-Quran can be sent as a gift to the spirits of all dead people. Its thawab does not decrease because of the multitude of the people to whom it is sent.
However, when you give the khatm al-Quran that you read to your friend as a gift, intend for your friend.
Questions on Islam
- Is it permissible to send the thawab of khatm al-Quran to more than one person?
- Is it permissible to send a khatm al-Quran as a present with a person who is going to hajj? Is a khatm regarded to have completed when everybody reads a juz?
- Some people claim that it is not valid to distribute juzes of the Quran to perform a khatm al-Quran. Is it true?
- How is khatm al-Quran prayer said?
- How is prayer (dua) said after khatm al-Quran? What chapters are to be read before the prayer of khatm al-Quran?
- Is it appropriate to perform a khatm al-Quran by different people reading different juzes of the Quran?
- How is prayer for khatm al-Quran made? Is it permissible to make a prayer for khatm, say, when one is in the 22nd juz?
- Is a woman who is in menstruation regarded to have completed a khatm al-Quran by listening to the Quran?
- Does reading the chapter of al-Ikhlas gain man the reward of a khatm al-Quran?
- What can be done as charity, prayer and favor for a dead person? What supplications and chapters along with the chapter of Yasin should be read to decrease a dead person’s penalty in the grave?
