Reciting the Qur'an while lying down
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:[Ali 'Imran 3:191] Is there evidence in this for the permissibility of reciting the Qur'an even while lying down?
Answer:
Reciting is fine. You may recite in any state: while you are walking, while you are riding, while you are sitting, or while you are lying down. Reciting the Qur'an is fine, so this is good. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:
Who remember Allah while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides
الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِهِمْAnswer:
Reciting is fine. You may recite in any state: while you are walking, while you are riding, while you are sitting, or while you are lying down. Reciting the Qur'an is fine, so this is good. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 58 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|الصلاة|جهر الإمام بالتكبير ليسمع من خلفه |صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (57:43)
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