The Arrangement of Surahs and Verses: Prescribed or Based on Independent Reasoning
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is the arrangement of the surahs and the arrangement of the verses a prescribed matter or a matter of independent legal reasoning?
Answer:
The arrangement of the verses is prescribed by the command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); no verse is placed except by the command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). As for the arrangement of the surahs, this is a matter of independent legal reasoning among the Companions, so it is permissible to read this one before that one. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is the arrangement of the surahs and the arrangement of the verses a prescribed matter or a matter of independent legal reasoning?
Answer:
The arrangement of the verses is prescribed by the command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); no verse is placed except by the command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). As for the arrangement of the surahs, this is a matter of independent legal reasoning among the Companions, so it is permissible to read this one before that one. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل وأما المقام الثاني الذي وقع فيه الغلط — islamhouse.com (1:10:04)
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