What is the ruling on reciting the verses of the Qur'an in a different order than they appear in the mushaf?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. A message was sent from the Eastern Region by a listener there, Abu Lafi. Abu Lafi asks you, Shaykh Salih, about the ruling on the order of reciting the Qur'an in prayer: is it necessary that it be in order, or is there no harm in reading from one part in one rak'ah and then reading from a part that precedes that part in the second rak'ah? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The ordering of the verses is obligatory. It is not permissible to reverse the verses and read a verse before the one that precedes it. Rather, the verses must be arranged as they are in the mushaf, because this is by the command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He is the one who arranged the verses in this order, so it is not permissible to go against it. Reversing the verses is forbidden, and arranging them is obligatory, because it is established by explicit text from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
As for reading a surah before the surah that precedes it, it is better not to do so. It is better to read the surahs in order. However, if one reads this one before this one, it is permissible, because the ordering of the surahs, as the scholars say, was established by the ijtihad of the Companions, not by explicit text. But the better course is to arrange them, the better course is to arrange the surahs as they are in the mushaf. This is the distinction in this issue: the ordering between the verses is obligatory because it is established by explicit text.
And it is not permissible to go against it. As for the ordering of the surahs, it is better to adhere to it, and it is permissible to read this one before this one. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. A message was sent from the Eastern Region by a listener there, Abu Lafi. Abu Lafi asks you, Shaykh Salih, about the ruling on the order of reciting the Qur'an in prayer: is it necessary that it be in order, or is there no harm in reading from one part in one rak'ah and then reading from a part that precedes that part in the second rak'ah? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The ordering of the verses is obligatory. It is not permissible to reverse the verses and read a verse before the one that precedes it. Rather, the verses must be arranged as they are in the mushaf, because this is by the command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He is the one who arranged the verses in this order, so it is not permissible to go against it. Reversing the verses is forbidden, and arranging them is obligatory, because it is established by explicit text from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
As for reading a surah before the surah that precedes it, it is better not to do so. It is better to read the surahs in order. However, if one reads this one before this one, it is permissible, because the ordering of the surahs, as the scholars say, was established by the ijtihad of the Companions, not by explicit text. But the better course is to arrange them, the better course is to arrange the surahs as they are in the mushaf. This is the distinction in this issue: the ordering between the verses is obligatory because it is established by explicit text.
And it is not permissible to go against it. As for the ordering of the surahs, it is better to adhere to it, and it is permissible to read this one before this one. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4060- ما حكم ترتيل آيات القرآن بغير ترتيبها في المصحف - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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