Is it prescribed to open gatherings and occasions by reciting something from the Qur'an?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it prescribed to open gatherings and occasions by reciting something from the Qur'an?
Answer:
That is a good thing. Opening gatherings and parties, unless the parties are for what is wrong. If the parties are for what is wrong, it is not permissible to present the Qur'an in them. But if the parties are permissible or parties of good, that is a good thing. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it prescribed to open gatherings and occasions by reciting something from the Qur'an?
Answer:
That is a good thing. Opening gatherings and parties, unless the parties are for what is wrong. If the parties are for what is wrong, it is not permissible to present the Qur'an in them. But if the parties are permissible or parties of good, that is a good thing. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [712 -858] هل يشرع افتتاح المجالس والمناسبات بقراءة شيء من القرآن؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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