Obtaining the virtue of Surat al-Baqarah by recording it
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Question:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, does this virtue occur if the surah is recorded?
Answer:
No, a recording is not a recording; it is not accountable, and its recitation is not worship. It is merely a voice that is captured. Rather, the recitation must be by the Muslim reciter who seeks reward for the recitation and the reward. It is an act of worship. If you left a recorder to recite al-Fatihah for you and you did not recite it, would you say, "Ameen"? You prayed and recited al-Fatihah? No. You must recite it yourself, or the imam behind whom you are praying recites it and you believe in it. A recorder is not this; it is iron or a tape. It is merely that it captures the voice. Yes. But listening to it to learn or to remember is permissible, yes.
Then he says, may Allah preserve you, does this virtue occur if the surah is recorded?
Answer:
No, a recording is not a recording; it is not accountable, and its recitation is not worship. It is merely a voice that is captured. Rather, the recitation must be by the Muslim reciter who seeks reward for the recitation and the reward. It is an act of worship. If you left a recorder to recite al-Fatihah for you and you did not recite it, would you say, "Ameen"? You prayed and recited al-Fatihah? No. You must recite it yourself, or the imam behind whom you are praying recites it and you believe in it. A recorder is not this; it is iron or a tape. It is merely that it captures the voice. Yes. But listening to it to learn or to remember is permissible, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/لذة القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:10:25)
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