The virtue of reciting the Qur'an over listening to it
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, which is better, listening to Qur'anic recitations from the radio or a tape recorder, or the person reciting in his home and elsewhere?
Answer:
Both have benefit, but his reciting it with his tongue is better, because that is his work; that is better. And listening to the Qur'an is also beneficial and carries reward. "O you who believe..." the verse, He the Exalted said:[Al-A'raf 7:204] Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, which is better, listening to Qur'anic recitations from the radio or a tape recorder, or the person reciting in his home and elsewhere?
Answer:
Both have benefit, but his reciting it with his tongue is better, because that is his work; that is better. And listening to the Qur'an is also beneficial and carries reward. "O you who believe..." the verse, He the Exalted 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 تُرْحَمُونَ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/277 — archive.org (13:49)
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