Reciting the Qur'an in the obligatory prayers from the beginning of the mushaf to the end
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an in the obligatory prayers from the beginning of the mushaf to the end for the purpose of review?
The Shaykh:
This has not been reported. It has not been reported that in the obligatory prayers one starts the Qur'an from the beginning and continues until he completes it. This is in the tarawih, has it been reported in the tarawih or in the night prayer? As for the obligatory prayers, it has not been reported in them.
The questioner:
She gave birth.
The Shaykh:
We drop something, and then the sunnah is exaggerated and people think it is obligatory. It has turned into them thinking it is obligatory. We should not start things that have not been reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Perhaps this will cause people embarrassment; they think they must recite the entire Qur'an, and they cannot do this, so we cause them embarrassment in this (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah the Exalted says: "Recite what is easy for you of the Qur'an," and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite what is easy for you of the Qur'an." Even if there is leeway in the beginning, or there is, but as time passes and knowledge increases, people do this thinking it will take them out of it in the future, and the one who started this thing from the beginning will be the cause. The religion is easy for Allah, and we do not do anything except what has evidence for it. And as long as the matter is easy and simple for people, we do not go and start something for them that is difficult for them.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an in the obligatory prayers from the beginning of the mushaf to the end for the purpose of review?
The Shaykh:
This has not been reported. It has not been reported that in the obligatory prayers one starts the Qur'an from the beginning and continues until he completes it. This is in the tarawih, has it been reported in the tarawih or in the night prayer? As for the obligatory prayers, it has not been reported in them.
The questioner:
She gave birth.
The Shaykh:
We drop something, and then the sunnah is exaggerated and people think it is obligatory. It has turned into them thinking it is obligatory. We should not start things that have not been reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Perhaps this will cause people embarrassment; they think they must recite the entire Qur'an, and they cannot do this, so we cause them embarrassment in this (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah the Exalted says: "Recite what is easy for you of the Qur'an," and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite what is easy for you of the Qur'an." Even if there is leeway in the beginning, or there is, but as time passes and knowledge increases, people do this thinking it will take them out of it in the future, and the one who started this thing from the beginning will be the cause. The religion is easy for Allah, and we do not do anything except what has evidence for it. And as long as the matter is easy and simple for people, we do not go and start something for them that is difficult for them.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [16] — alfawzan.live (1:24:20)
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