What is the ruling on reversing the order of the surahs?
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Question:
Is it permissible to reverse the order of the surahs?
Answer:
How does one reverse the order of the surahs? He says: I recite al-Ikhlas, then I recite al-Muzzammil after it. There is nothing wrong with that, because the ordering of the surahs was established by the ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) of the Companions. As for the ordering of the verses, that was established by explicit text, and it is not permissible. Yes.
Is it permissible to reverse the order of the surahs?
Answer:
How does one reverse the order of the surahs? He says: I recite al-Ikhlas, then I recite al-Muzzammil after it. There is nothing wrong with that, because the ordering of the surahs was established by the ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) of the Companions. As for the ordering of the verses, that was established by explicit text, and it is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تنكيس السور؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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