Is it permissible to cite the verse “So read what is easy for you of the Qur’an” as evidence for the permissibility of reciting from the middle of a surah?
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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, asks: Is it possible to cite the saying of the Exalted,[Al-Muzzammil 73:20], as evidence for reciting a passage from the middle of a Torah in prayer, whether this is done in the loud prayers or in others, given that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do so?
Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite from the beginnings of surahs, either completing them or not completing them. He did not recite from the middles of surahs or from their ends, as Ibn al-Qayyim stated, except in the two rak'ahs of Fajr, meaning the rawatib. He recited in the first rak'ah[Al-Baqarah 2:136] from Surat al-Baqarah, and in the second rak'ah [Ali 'Imran 3:64] from Surat al-Imran. He said that the appropriateness is that [Al-Baqarah 2:136] this is regarding tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), and [Ali 'Imran 3:64] this is regarding tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship). Yes. And apart from that, he did not recite from the middles of surahs or their ends. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, asks: Is it possible to cite the saying of the Exalted,
so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur'an
فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِAnswer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite from the beginnings of surahs, either completing them or not completing them. He did not recite from the middles of surahs or from their ends, as Ibn al-Qayyim stated, except in the two rak'ahs of Fajr, meaning the rawatib. He recited in the first rak'ah
Say, [O believers], "We have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us
قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَاSay, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you
قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَىٰ كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْSay, [O believers], "We have believed in Allah
قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِSay, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not worship except Allah
قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَىٰ كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ أَلَّا نَعْبُدَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3025- 4717] هل يستدل بقوله ﴿ فاقرءوا ما تيسر من القرآن﴾ على جواز القراءة من وسط السورة؟ — youtube.com
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