Ruling on announcing the recitation of Surat al-A'raf in the Maghrib prayer
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The questioner : Yes, how are you?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Placing the hands on the knees is a copy of a previous position.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. Yes. We did not receive it. May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : Shaykh, some imams are keen to apply the Sunnah in the Maghrib prayer; they like to recite something like Surat al-A'raf. Some of them inform the ma'mum or write a sign on the door that we will be reciting al-A'raf today.
The Shaykh : Did you hear his question?
The questioner : No, I do not hear you.
The Shaykh : He says that some imams like to perform the Sunnah of reciting al-A'raf, so they write on the door that tonight we will recite from Surat al-A'raf, or they inform them, for example. Is this prescribed, or is it not prescribed that they inform them? Yes. And there is no doubt that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not inform the Companions, as it appears. But some people exerted effort and said, "Because I fear that some people may have a need, a need." And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to consider those with needs by shortening the prayer. For example, if someone has work and we have no one else, or if there are guests, and if we recite Surat al-A'raf, the last person to give the adhan may not have finished. And perhaps he will cut off the prayer. But someone might say, "Yes, he may cut off the prayer, and there is no objection." Hmm? He does not know the ruling; this is a problem.
The questioner : Yes. It is a solution, Shaykh, it is a solution; al-A'raf is not disliked.
The Shaykh : No, the one who directed the Chinese plate, meaning.
The questioner : He applies the Sunnah, but not in the public mosque where everyone comes. I remember I asked you this question, Shaykh. A student of knowledge prays and recites al-'Iraqiyyah.
The Shaykh : No, he holds that the Sunnah is for a person to do it in the mosque where he prays.
The questioner : But even to teach people the Sunnah, they do not know it. The Friday congregation. If it happens that he does not know.
The Shaykh : But it is not a loud Sunnah; perhaps the Messenger did it only once. Abu 'Adil, Shaykh. Yes.
The questioner : I do not think the solution, I do not think what?
The Shaykh : Yes, no, we said, I hold that it should not be written. But as the brother Khalid said, perhaps we say, if we know that people's circumstances differ and that they have engagements after the Maghrib that are burdensome for them, yes, if you are confined as a group, for example, in the mosque, it is known that our group knows the Sunnah and you recited for them, because even after we told him to separate or pray alone, they said perhaps he does not know the permissibility of praying alone. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Placing the hands on the knees is a copy of a previous position.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. Yes. We did not receive it. May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : Shaykh, some imams are keen to apply the Sunnah in the Maghrib prayer; they like to recite something like Surat al-A'raf. Some of them inform the ma'mum or write a sign on the door that we will be reciting al-A'raf today.
The Shaykh : Did you hear his question?
The questioner : No, I do not hear you.
The Shaykh : He says that some imams like to perform the Sunnah of reciting al-A'raf, so they write on the door that tonight we will recite from Surat al-A'raf, or they inform them, for example. Is this prescribed, or is it not prescribed that they inform them? Yes. And there is no doubt that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not inform the Companions, as it appears. But some people exerted effort and said, "Because I fear that some people may have a need, a need." And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to consider those with needs by shortening the prayer. For example, if someone has work and we have no one else, or if there are guests, and if we recite Surat al-A'raf, the last person to give the adhan may not have finished. And perhaps he will cut off the prayer. But someone might say, "Yes, he may cut off the prayer, and there is no objection." Hmm? He does not know the ruling; this is a problem.
The questioner : Yes. It is a solution, Shaykh, it is a solution; al-A'raf is not disliked.
The Shaykh : No, the one who directed the Chinese plate, meaning.
The questioner : He applies the Sunnah, but not in the public mosque where everyone comes. I remember I asked you this question, Shaykh. A student of knowledge prays and recites al-'Iraqiyyah.
The Shaykh : No, he holds that the Sunnah is for a person to do it in the mosque where he prays.
The questioner : But even to teach people the Sunnah, they do not know it. The Friday congregation. If it happens that he does not know.
The Shaykh : But it is not a loud Sunnah; perhaps the Messenger did it only once. Abu 'Adil, Shaykh. Yes.
The questioner : I do not think the solution, I do not think what?
The Shaykh : Yes, no, we said, I hold that it should not be written. But as the brother Khalid said, perhaps we say, if we know that people's circumstances differ and that they have engagements after the Maghrib that are burdensome for them, yes, if you are confined as a group, for example, in the mosque, it is known that our group knows the Sunnah and you recited for them, because even after we told him to separate or pray alone, they said perhaps he does not know the permissibility of praying alone. Yes.
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