Responding to the Salam While Reciting the Qur'an
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I am reciting the Qur'an and someone greets me with the salam, and I respond to the salam, am I allowed to continue the verse from where I stopped, or do I have to restart it from the beginning?
Answer:
First, the one who is reciting the Qur'an is not to respond to the salam until he finishes the verse, and then he responds to the salam. Second, if he responds to the salam while reciting the Qur'an, he should respond to him, and if he starts the verse from the beginning, that is better. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I am reciting the Qur'an and someone greets me with the salam, and I respond to the salam, am I allowed to continue the verse from where I stopped, or do I have to restart it from the beginning?
Answer:
First, the one who is reciting the Qur'an is not to respond to the salam until he finishes the verse, and then he responds to the salam. Second, if he responds to the salam while reciting the Qur'an, he should respond to him, and if he starts the verse from the beginning, that is better. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في أم الولد — islamhouse.com (46:16)
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