Whosoever passes by the graves and recites Qul Huwallahu Ahad 11 times and gifts its reward to the dead, he is rewarded equal to the number of the dead8.

6. Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq ('a) is reported9 to have said:

Prayers, Fasting, Hajj, Sadaqa, good deeds and Du'a reach the dead in his grave, and their reward is written for [both] the doer and the deceased.

7. Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq ('a) is reported1O to have said:

Whosoever among the Muslims does a good act for a dead person, Allah rewards him manifold and Allah makes the dead benefit from the same.

Therefore, as we pray for the deceased to attain happiness in the intermediate realm ( barzakh ), we should also struggle to employ the means of their happiness set before us and humbly pray to Almighty Allah to accept our deeds.
The late Ayatullah Shahab al-Din Mar'ashl in his last Will11 gave thought provoking advices to His son. One of them was:

"I advise him (my son) to read the Holy Qur'an and send its blessings to the souls of those Shi'ites of the Household of the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) who j did not leave any offspring."

Therefore, in this Holy month of grace, let us not forget the inhabitants of the grave, including those whom we are not familiar with. In addition, let us also pray for the well-being of those kuffar

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8 al-HajI Mirza l:Iilsayn al-NilrI al-Tabrasi, Mustadrak al-Wasli'il, v.2, p. 483
9 al-Shaykh Muhammad bin al-Hasan al-Hurr al-' Amili, Wasa'l al-Shi 'a ila Tahsili Masa'il al-Shari 'a, v.8, p.279
10 Ibid.
11 Ayatullah al-'Uzma Mar'ashi al-Najafi, Wasiyyatnameye Ayatullah al-'Uzma .Mar'ashi