Shaikh Ibn Uthaimeen رحمه الله, a prominent Salafi Scholar, considers the opinion that it is permissible for a person to recite the Quran Majid and sends the rewards (Isaal Thawaab) to the dead, as the correct and preferred view.

Below is a pic from his collection of Fatawa:

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