The reason for the omission of the basmalah in Surat al-Tawbah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, we conclude this session with a question from one of the brothers. He says: What is the reason for the omission of the basmalah in Surat al-Tawbah? And if a person recites the basmalah, is there any harm in that?
Answer:
The reason is that it was not revealed before Surat al-Tawbah. The revelation of the Qur'an was known by the completion of the surahs with the basmalah. So the basmalah is a separator between every two surahs, except for al-Bara'ah and al-Anfal, for there is no Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim between them because it was not revealed in this place.
Honorable Shaykh, we conclude this session with a question from one of the brothers. He says: What is the reason for the omission of the basmalah in Surat al-Tawbah? And if a person recites the basmalah, is there any harm in that?
Answer:
The reason is that it was not revealed before Surat al-Tawbah. The revelation of the Qur'an was known by the completion of the surahs with the basmalah. So the basmalah is a separator between every two surahs, except for al-Bara'ah and al-Anfal, for there is no Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim between them because it was not revealed in this place.
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