The Meaning of the Hadith: Your Position Is at the Last Verse You Recite
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: It was reported in a hadith from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the one who recites the Qur'an that it is said to him, "Your position is at the last verse you recite." Is the intended meaning memorization, or acting upon it, even if he is not a memorizer of the Qur'an?
Answer:
The intended meaning is recitation, whether he recites it from memory or from a book. The intended meaning is recitation; this does not occur except through recitation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: It was reported in a hadith from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the one who recites the Qur'an that it is said to him, "Your position is at the last verse you recite." Is the intended meaning memorization, or acting upon it, even if he is not a memorizer of the Qur'an?
Answer:
The intended meaning is recitation, whether he recites it from memory or from a book. The intended meaning is recitation; this does not occur except through recitation. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده ومصايده ما فتن به عشاق الصور — islamhouse.com (1:12:06)
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