Are there any hadiths regarding completing the recitation of the Qur'an in Ramadan?
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Question : Honorable Shaykh, perhaps many listeners are asking about the Ramadan khatmah (complete recitation of the Qur'an), and whether there are any hadiths from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding it?
Answer : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his Companions, and those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. As for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he did not add anything to this. As for the Companions, it is reported from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when he intended to complete the recitation of the Qur'an, he would gather his family and invite them. But...
What concerns me greatly is that some of the brothers, may Allah reward them with good and guide us and them to the truth, go to the mosques on the night when the imam completes the recitation of the Qur'an, and they leave, thereby depriving themselves of much good. For whoever stands with the imam until he concludes the prayer is recorded as having stood the night in prayer. Then, they appear to the people as deviants. If the khatmah were forbidden, we would say they are excused.
And yet, we say they are excused, but they are also accountable. It is obligatory for them to alert the imams to this and say to them, "Between us and you is the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger." This is if it is a settled matter. But if it is one of the issues in which scholars exercise independent legal reasoning, with some considering it recommended and others not, then they should not deviate from the Muslims in the face of this disagreement. How good it is that some imacts did by placing...
...the khatmah in the place of the qunut, meaning they make the completion of the Qur'an in the witr prayer, and they supplicate, saying, "We want this supplication to be the qunut." There is no doubt that this eases the matter, and that... no one can say anything against it.
Answer : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his Companions, and those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. As for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he did not add anything to this. As for the Companions, it is reported from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when he intended to complete the recitation of the Qur'an, he would gather his family and invite them. But...
What concerns me greatly is that some of the brothers, may Allah reward them with good and guide us and them to the truth, go to the mosques on the night when the imam completes the recitation of the Qur'an, and they leave, thereby depriving themselves of much good. For whoever stands with the imam until he concludes the prayer is recorded as having stood the night in prayer. Then, they appear to the people as deviants. If the khatmah were forbidden, we would say they are excused.
And yet, we say they are excused, but they are also accountable. It is obligatory for them to alert the imams to this and say to them, "Between us and you is the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger." This is if it is a settled matter. But if it is one of the issues in which scholars exercise independent legal reasoning, with some considering it recommended and others not, then they should not deviate from the Muslims in the face of this disagreement. How good it is that some imacts did by placing...
...the khatmah in the place of the qunut, meaning they make the completion of the Qur'an in the witr prayer, and they supplicate, saying, "We want this supplication to be the qunut." There is no doubt that this eases the matter, and that... no one can say anything against it.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1289- هل وردت أحاديث عن ختم القرآن في رمضان؟/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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