The Ruling on Reciting the Qur'an Without Contemplation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to recite the Qur'an without contemplation, such as reading a continuous daily portion but not reflecting on it?
Answer:
No, he does not benefit if he does not contemplate; he does not benefit from reciting the Qur'an. Yes,[Muhammad 47:24] Yes, [Sad 38:29] The purpose of recitation is contemplation, and recitation without contemplation has no benefit. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to recite the Qur'an without contemplation, such as reading a continuous daily portion but not reflecting on it?
Answer:
No, he does not benefit if he does not contemplate; he does not benefit from reciting the Qur'an. Yes,
Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?
أفلا يتدبرون القرآن أم على قلوب أقفالها[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.
كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 30-01-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (43:59)
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