What is the answer to the one who says: Reciting the Qur'an during tawaf is an invalid act that contradicts the Sunnah?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person recites the Qur'an during tawaf, is he to be rebuked? And what do we say to the one who says that this is an invalid act and contradicts the Sunnah?
Answer:
This person is ignorant and does not know that he is ignorant. Tawaf is a broad matter; one may make du'a, recite the Qur'an, or remain silent, and there is no harm in that. He is given the choice: if he wishes, he remains silent; if he wishes, he makes du'a; and if he wishes, he recites the Qur'an, which is the best of the types of dhikr, namely the recitation of the Qur'an. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person recites the Qur'an during tawaf, is he to be rebuked? And what do we say to the one who says that this is an invalid act and contradicts the Sunnah?
Answer:
This person is ignorant and does not know that he is ignorant. Tawaf is a broad matter; one may make du'a, recite the Qur'an, or remain silent, and there is no harm in that. He is given the choice: if he wishes, he remains silent; if he wishes, he makes du'a; and if he wishes, he recites the Qur'an, which is the best of the types of dhikr, namely the recitation of the Qur'an. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [923 -2802] ما الجواب على من يقول: إن قراءة القرآن أثناء الطواف فعل باطل مخالف للسنة؟ — youtube.com
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