The ruling on a woman reciting the Qur'an in an audible voice in the presence of men
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The questioner:
And from him the Shaykh, and from him greater happiness, and from him greater happiness, and from him
The Shaykh:
of his right.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Definitely.
The questioner:
So he said: I look at this Qur'an and it is great, so its effect on the voice of this fetus, and I do not say that it should be feared to be a violation of the ripening of the fruit or a violation of the farewell.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for a woman to recite the Qur'an in an audible voice in the presence of a man because of the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in that, whether in the Qur'an or otherwise, because a woman's voice, especially a distinctive one, contains fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and Allah has not legislated this matter. Women teach women, or her mahram (a relative one may not marry) teaches her, such as her father, her brother, a relative, or her husband. Her mahram (a relative one may not marry) teach her the Qur'an, or a woman who recites the Qur'an teaches her, and there are many of them, praise be to Allah. Reciters of the Qur'an are numerous now. As for a man hearing the recitation of girls, that is munkar (what is wrong) and not permissible because of the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in it.
A woman lowers her voice from men in the talbiyah (the pilgrim's chant of response) if she enters ihram (the consecrated state of pilgrimage) for Hajj (the major pilgrimage), and in prayer if the imam calls out something, she does not raise her voice. The man says "Subhan Allah" and the woman claps with her hand, as you have been informed, and she does not raise her voice except in a voice that contains fitnah (trial, discord or temptation).[Al-Ahzab 33:32] There is no doubt that speech contains fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), so we avoid this matter. Do women teach you the Qur'an and you hear their voices, or do mahram (a relative one may not marry) men teach you? Yes.
And from him the Shaykh, and from him greater happiness, and from him greater happiness, and from him
The Shaykh:
of his right.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Definitely.
The questioner:
So he said: I look at this Qur'an and it is great, so its effect on the voice of this fetus, and I do not say that it should be feared to be a violation of the ripening of the fruit or a violation of the farewell.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for a woman to recite the Qur'an in an audible voice in the presence of a man because of the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in that, whether in the Qur'an or otherwise, because a woman's voice, especially a distinctive one, contains fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and Allah has not legislated this matter. Women teach women, or her mahram (a relative one may not marry) teaches her, such as her father, her brother, a relative, or her husband. Her mahram (a relative one may not marry) teach her the Qur'an, or a woman who recites the Qur'an teaches her, and there are many of them, praise be to Allah. Reciters of the Qur'an are numerous now. As for a man hearing the recitation of girls, that is munkar (what is wrong) and not permissible because of the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in it.
A woman lowers her voice from men in the talbiyah (the pilgrim's chant of response) if she enters ihram (the consecrated state of pilgrimage) for Hajj (the major pilgrimage), and in prayer if the imam calls out something, she does not raise her voice. The man says "Subhan Allah" and the woman claps with her hand, as you have been informed, and she does not raise her voice except in a voice that contains fitnah (trial, discord or temptation).
he in whose heart is disease should covet, but speak with appropriate speech.
الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِهِ مَرَضٌ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًا
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شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من قوله : وقال في سورة طه : { الرحمن على العرش استوى } — islamhouse.com (1:10:31)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
