Is it obligatory for a mute person to move his tongue and lips when reciting the Qur'an in prayer?
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The questioner : Like Allah has made it obligatory for the one praying to recite the Qur'an, naturally, if he recites, does his tongue move or not?
The Shaykh : Yes. His lips move.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, Allah the Exalted said, and I am with him, what I mentioned, and his lips moved with it. The lips move and the tongue moves. This is a mute person who cannot speak at all, and he wants to pray. He says: Move your tongue and your lips. Yes, the judge makes it obligatory, may Allah have mercy on him. He makes it obligatory.
The questioner : At the very least.
The Shaykh : That he moves his tongue and his lips, because if he spoke, he would move his tongue and his lips, and it is known that moving the tongue and lips without speech is a kind
The questioner : Like the brothers, as is usual.
The Shaykh : A kind of non-existence.
The Shaykh : Yes. His lips move.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, Allah the Exalted said, and I am with him, what I mentioned, and his lips moved with it. The lips move and the tongue moves. This is a mute person who cannot speak at all, and he wants to pray. He says: Move your tongue and your lips. Yes, the judge makes it obligatory, may Allah have mercy on him. He makes it obligatory.
The questioner : At the very least.
The Shaykh : That he moves his tongue and his lips, because if he spoke, he would move his tongue and his lips, and it is known that moving the tongue and lips without speech is a kind
The questioner : Like the brothers, as is usual.
The Shaykh : A kind of non-existence.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 76 - هل يجب على الأخرس تحريك لسانه وشفتيه عند قراءة القرآن في الصلاة؟ قواعد ابن رجب - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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