The Meaning of “The Best of You Are Those Who Recite the Book of Allah” in Leading the Prayer
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Question:
This questioner says: May Allah reward you. What is meant by the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 980Sahih (Darussalam) Is it the one who has the most memorization of the Qur'an, or the one who reads from the Qur'an by looking at it more than the one who has it memorized?
Answer:
The meaning of “the best of you” is the one who does not make a mistake that changes the meaning, the one who does not make a mistake that changes the meaning. There is no harm in appointing him to lead the prayer. “The best of you” means the one who is most accurate, the one who is most accurate in recitation, not the one with the most memorization. The one who is most accurate in recitation, yes, such that he does not make a mistake that changes the meaning. Yes.
This questioner says: May Allah reward you. What is meant by the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
The people should be lead by the one who is most well-Versed in recitation of the Book of Allah
يؤم القوم أقرؤهم لكتاب اللهAnswer:
The meaning of “the best of you” is the one who does not make a mistake that changes the meaning, the one who does not make a mistake that changes the meaning. There is no harm in appointing him to lead the prayer. “The best of you” means the one who is most accurate, the one who is most accurate in recitation, not the one with the most memorization. The one who is most accurate in recitation, yes, such that he does not make a mistake that changes the meaning. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 04-02-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (47:08)
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