Conditions for the Reciter for a Non-Muslim Patient
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The questioner:
Sometimes a person is ill and not observant. Do we, for example, tell him to recite for him, or should we ask one of the reciters?
The Shaykh:
It is all one thing, meaning he takes it into account, he sees it, or he does not like it, it is all the same.
The questioner:
It is not specified, for example, for certain people or something like that.
The Shaykh:
So the important point is the reciter, the good man known for his uprightness and lack of superstition, meaning
The questioner:
the best deed.
The Shaykh:
Then, is the reciter a Muslim sinner, or not a sinner, or a pious person, or a non-Muslim granted safe conduct?
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. May Allah make your life good. Do we tell him, "Islamize before I recite"?
The Shaykh:
It is not obligatory, it is not obligatory. May Allah reward you with good.
Sometimes a person is ill and not observant. Do we, for example, tell him to recite for him, or should we ask one of the reciters?
The Shaykh:
It is all one thing, meaning he takes it into account, he sees it, or he does not like it, it is all the same.
The questioner:
It is not specified, for example, for certain people or something like that.
The Shaykh:
So the important point is the reciter, the good man known for his uprightness and lack of superstition, meaning
The questioner:
the best deed.
The Shaykh:
Then, is the reciter a Muslim sinner, or not a sinner, or a pious person, or a non-Muslim granted safe conduct?
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. May Allah make your life good. Do we tell him, "Islamize before I recite"?
The Shaykh:
It is not obligatory, it is not obligatory. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
التعليق على رياض الصالحين، تابع باب ما أعد الله - تعالى - للمؤمنين في الجنة : الأحاديث : [ 1889 - 1891 ] — islamhouse.com (6:27)
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