Is the one who reads the Qur'an without reflection considered to have abandoned it?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: If a person reads the Qur'an and does not reflect on the Qur'an, does he sin?
The Shaykh:
Does a person?
The questioner:
If he reads the Qur'an and does not reflect on the Qur'an, does he sin? And is he considered to have abandoned the Qur'an?
The Shaykh:
Yes, he has abandoned it by abandoning reflection, because abandonment has categories: abandoning learning it, abandoning reciting it, abandoning reflecting on it, abandoning acting upon it, and abandoning ruling by it. Abandonment has many categories, and abandoning using it as evidence, and using the rules of logic as evidence instead of the Qur'an. All of this is abandonment. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: If a person reads the Qur'an and does not reflect on the Qur'an, does he sin?
The Shaykh:
Does a person?
The questioner:
If he reads the Qur'an and does not reflect on the Qur'an, does he sin? And is he considered to have abandoned the Qur'an?
The Shaykh:
Yes, he has abandoned it by abandoning reflection, because abandonment has categories: abandoning learning it, abandoning reciting it, abandoning reflecting on it, abandoning acting upon it, and abandoning ruling by it. Abandonment has many categories, and abandoning using it as evidence, and using the rules of logic as evidence instead of the Qur'an. All of this is abandonment. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [532 -560] هل يعد من هجر القرآن من يقرأءه دون تدبر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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