Comparing the Recommended Prayers and Reciting the Qur'an on Friday
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Question:
May Allah keep you safe. Which is better, Your Eminence the Shaykh: the recommended prayers on Friday or reciting the Qur'an?
Answer:
Both are good. However, it is better for him to pray what Allah has decreed for him and to increase in prayer. If he recites, he should pray two or four rak'ahs and then devote himself to recitation in a manner that does not annoy those around him—reciting in a low voice so as not to disturb the readers or the worshippers around him. Both are good, both are good. But the statement that he did not pray what was decreed for him implies that devoting himself to prayer is better. Yes.
May Allah keep you safe. Which is better, Your Eminence the Shaykh: the recommended prayers on Friday or reciting the Qur'an?
Answer:
Both are good. However, it is better for him to pray what Allah has decreed for him and to increase in prayer. If he recites, he should pray two or four rak'ahs and then devote himself to recitation in a manner that does not annoy those around him—reciting in a low voice so as not to disturb the readers or the worshippers around him. Both are good, both are good. But the statement that he did not pray what was decreed for him implies that devoting himself to prayer is better. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من أبواب الأغسال المستحبة — islamhouse.com (9:34)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.