The Meaning of Neglecting the Qur'an and the Duration of Completing a Recitation
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. This is a message received from a questioner who says: I have heard about neglecting the Qur'an. How does that happen? And does a Muslim complete a recitation in a month, or in a week, or in days?
Answer:
Neglecting it means abandoning it. Neglecting the Qur'an means leaving it off, and it has different types. There is neglecting recitation, by not reciting the Qur'an or reading it. There is neglecting reflection, where one reads it but does not reflect on it. There is neglecting acting upon the Qur'an. There is neglecting using the Qur'an as evidence, as is the case with the scholars of kalam and the scholars of logic, who leave off using the Qur'an as evidence and rely on rational proofs, as they claim. Neglecting it has various types, and all of them are forbidden, with some being more severe than others. It is obligatory for the Muslim not to neglect the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Furqan 25:30] So neglecting it includes these matters. The Muslim should maintain a connection with the Qur'an daily, setting aside a portion of the Qur'an to read in his prayer or while sitting, so that no day passes without him having read a portion of the Qur'an, in order to complete it in the end and go through the entire Qur'an. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you and bless you. This is a message received from a questioner who says: I have heard about neglecting the Qur'an. How does that happen? And does a Muslim complete a recitation in a month, or in a week, or in days?
Answer:
Neglecting it means abandoning it. Neglecting the Qur'an means leaving it off, and it has different types. There is neglecting recitation, by not reciting the Qur'an or reading it. There is neglecting reflection, where one reads it but does not reflect on it. There is neglecting acting upon the Qur'an. There is neglecting using the Qur'an as evidence, as is the case with the scholars of kalam and the scholars of logic, who leave off using the Qur'an as evidence and rely on rational proofs, as they claim. Neglecting it has various types, and all of them are forbidden, with some being more severe than others. It is obligatory for the Muslim not to neglect the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said:
And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur'an as [a thing] abandoned."
وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوا هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَهْجُورًاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/226 — archive.org (7:01)
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