The reason for not writing the Basmala in Surat al-Tawbah
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Question:
He says: Why did you not recite the basmalah in Surat al-Tawbah, O Shaykh?
Answer:
It was said that it completes Surat al-Anfal, and it was said that it was not revealed. This is the correct answer: it was not revealed before it. The custom was that the basmalah was revealed before the surah, and it was not revealed before Surat al-Tawbah, so they did not write it before it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He says: Why did you not recite the basmalah in Surat al-Tawbah, O Shaykh?
Answer:
It was said that it completes Surat al-Anfal, and it was said that it was not revealed. This is the correct answer: it was not revealed before it. The custom was that the basmalah was revealed before the surah, and it was not revealed before Surat al-Tawbah, so they did not write it before it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/088 — archive.org (12:13)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.