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Reading the Qur'an or Listening to It, and Lessons, While Traveling

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I travel a lot, and I drive my car myself. I like to pass the time on the road by remembering Allah. What is better: that I read the Qur'an from memory, or that I listen to it on the radio?

The Shaykh:
No, your reading is better than listening. Your reading of the Qur'an is better than your listening to the Qur'an. Yes.

The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: What is also better, reading the Qur'an or listening to scholarly lessons?

The Shaykh:
What are the soldiers' cars?

The questioner:
On the radio, he says.

The Shaykh:
I mean, is it a recording or lessons on the radio? What is it?

The questioner:
He says: What is better, that I read the Qur'an while traveling, or that I listen to the scholarly lessons broadcast on the radio and other means?

The Shaykh:
There is no conflict between them. You set aside time for listening and time for reading the Qur'an. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب خطبة المجبرة إلى وليها والرشيدة إلى نفسها — islamhouse.com (1:04:16)

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