The Ruling on Contenting Oneself with Listening to the Qur'an
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, does a Muslim receive the full reward for reading the Qur'an if he contented himself with listening only?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, the entire Qur'an is good: reading it, listening to it, reflecting on it, and acting upon it, all of it is good. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[Al-A'raf 7:204] So it is a cause for mercy, a cause for the mercy of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and reciting the Qur'an is better than listening to it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Every letter of the Qur'an, if a Muslim reads it, he has a good deed for it, and the good deed is multiplied tenfold. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, does a Muslim receive the full reward for reading the Qur'an if he contented himself with listening only?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, the entire Qur'an is good: reading it, listening to it, reflecting on it, and acting upon it, all of it is good. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
So when the Qur'an is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy.
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْآنُ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ وَأَنصِتُوا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَWhoever reads a letter from the Book of Allah, he has a good deed for it, and the good deed is multiplied tenfold. I do not say that alif-lam-mim is one letter, but alif is a letter, lam is a letter, and mim is a letter.
من قرأ حرفا من كتاب الله فله حسنة، والحسنة بعشر أمثالها. لا أقول ألف لام ميم حرف، ولكن ألف حرف ولام حرف وميم حرف.Every letter of the Qur'an, if a Muslim reads it, he has a good deed for it, and the good deed is multiplied tenfold. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/247 — archive.org (1:02)
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