Playing a recording of Surat al-Baqarah in the house
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success! Satan departs from the house in which Surat al-Baqarah is recited. Does this occur if one plays a recording containing this surah?
Answer:
No, no. Why? Because recitation is worship. Recitation is worship that must be performed by the one who recites it. As for the recording, this is higher; this is merely an incident of sound, so it does not achieve the intended purpose. However, if you listen to it to relax or to learn the complete recitation, there is no harm. But to leave it playing as a substitute for dhikr (remembrance of Allah)—meaning, if you were to recite the morning and evening adhkar and the daily adhkar, would that suffice? No. This is worship that you must say and perform yourself. Does listening suffice for you to relax? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success! Satan departs from the house in which Surat al-Baqarah is recited. Does this occur if one plays a recording containing this surah?
Answer:
No, no. Why? Because recitation is worship. Recitation is worship that must be performed by the one who recites it. As for the recording, this is higher; this is merely an incident of sound, so it does not achieve the intended purpose. However, if you listen to it to relax or to learn the complete recitation, there is no harm. But to leave it playing as a substitute for dhikr (remembrance of Allah)—meaning, if you were to recite the morning and evening adhkar and the daily adhkar, would that suffice? No. This is worship that you must say and perform yourself. Does listening suffice for you to relax? Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [26] — alfawzan.live (1:11:21)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.