Recitation with the heart without the tongue
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The questioner:
Al-Baqi' is safe.
The Shaykh:
All of these are reports (athar) that are not relied upon. The authority is what Allah said and what His Messenger said. The heart is obedience, and the prescribed manner is obedience, which was to be in the heart and on the tongue. The heart is the foundation; what is in the heart is the basis.
The questioner:
The reciters of the Qur'an are reciters.
The Shaykh:
No, no, it is not valid. Recitation requires the tongue. Recitation requires the tongue. The heart alone is not sufficient. One must recite with his tongue so that he hears what he is reciting.
The questioner:
What are you stumbling over, Abu 'Ayd?
The Shaykh:
It is not correct.
The questioner:
Is that correct?
The Shaykh:
If one recites al-Fatihah in it for the one who repeats it, and if one recites al-Fatihah for the one who repeats it, al-Fatihah is sufficient. Al-Fatihah is the foundation.
Al-Baqi' is safe.
The Shaykh:
All of these are reports (athar) that are not relied upon. The authority is what Allah said and what His Messenger said. The heart is obedience, and the prescribed manner is obedience, which was to be in the heart and on the tongue. The heart is the foundation; what is in the heart is the basis.
The questioner:
The reciters of the Qur'an are reciters.
The Shaykh:
No, no, it is not valid. Recitation requires the tongue. Recitation requires the tongue. The heart alone is not sufficient. One must recite with his tongue so that he hears what he is reciting.
The questioner:
What are you stumbling over, Abu 'Ayd?
The Shaykh:
It is not correct.
The questioner:
Is that correct?
The Shaykh:
If one recites al-Fatihah in it for the one who repeats it, and if one recites al-Fatihah for the one who repeats it, al-Fatihah is sufficient. Al-Fatihah is the foundation.
Source
شرح الوابل الصيب من الكلم الطيب، بداية من الفائدة السادسة والستون : أن الملائكة تستغفر للذاكر كما تستغفر للتائب — islamhouse.com (55:03)
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