Is reciting Quran for the dead an innovation, and does the deceased receive its reward?

So two views on this. In the Hanafi and Hanbali Madhab, it would be permissible to recite the Quran as a form of Sadaqah that would then be passed on and the reward would be passed on to the deceased. Other scholars, for example, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Al-Qayyim also had this view. The second view is of the Maliki Madhab and the Shafi'i Madhab, which says that no, the reward would not be passed on. Now, let me explain why. Ibn Qurtubi, for example, brings a number of narrations to say that the Quran, the recitation of the Quran, is considered a type and a form of Sadaqah. And we know that the Prophet ﷺ told us in Sahih Muslim that one of the three things that can benefit somebody that's passed away is Sadaqah. So based on this, the Hanafi and Hanbali Madhabs say yes, it's a form of Sadaqah, it can benefit the deceased. The other Madhabs would say no, it's not a form of Sadaqah, so therefore it would not benefit the deceased. Either way, if you're unsure, then stick to the things you know would definitely benefit the deceased. So, for example, monetary Sadaqah, for example, Dua' for them. Those are things that you know there's no difference of opinion about, and you will definitely benefit them, Inshallah.