The Ruling on Beginning School Radio Broadcasts with the Recitation of the Qur'an

The questioner : Shaykh, what is the ruling on the practice in some programs—this is from an Islamic school of ours—where they begin the morning program with the recitation of the Qur'an, a recitation from the Qur'an, and they say, "The best thing with which to begin our programs is verses from the Noble Remembrance," and they train the young students to recite on the radio in front of the students? Is there any harm in this?

The Shaykh : Yes, there is harm in this, because beginning sermons and speeches with the Qur'an is an innovation, except if one intends to speak about the rulings of Hajj and recites the verses of Hajj before his speech, or about the verses of fasting or the verses of trade, and recites the appropriate verses for that, then there is no harm in it. But making it a regular practice, as we hear in celebrations and other occasions, is an innovated bid'ah (religious innovation).

The questioner : If they make the recitation part of the program every day, is there any harm in that?

The Shaykh : For what occasion? If it is to train the students in recitation, there is no harm.

The questioner : It is a matter of training and encouraging them.

The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it.

The presenter : May Allah keep you safe.