Do you advise us on how to read the Noble Qur'an and listen to tapes? Is listening better, or reading?
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Question:
Please advise us on how to read the Noble Qur'an and listen to tapes. Is listening better, or reading? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Reading is better; reading is better, because reading is an action performed by the person. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Riyad as-Salihin 999 Reading is better than listening. This is especially true regarding listening to tapes, unless a person needs to listen because he is busy and cannot read, or he is unable to read from memory, or there is a defect in his recitation and he wants to correct and adjust it by listening to tapes that contain a good recitation. This is a permissible action. A person is required to try to correct his recitation and fix it as much as he is able. If he combines both by reading at times and listening at other times, that is even better. May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
Please advise us on how to read the Noble Qur'an and listen to tapes. Is listening better, or reading? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Reading is better; reading is better, because reading is an action performed by the person. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever recites a letter from the Book of Allah, he will be credited with a good deed, and a good deed gets a ten-fold reward.
من قرأ حرفا من كتاب الله فله حسنة، والحسنة بعشر أمثالها،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، تنصحوني في كيفية قراءة القرآن الكريم والاستماع من الأشرطة هل الأفضل الاستماع أم القراءة؟ شيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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