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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Imam al-Bayhaqi holds that moving the tongue and lips is necessary in silent recitation

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The questioner : The second topic: Imam al-Bayhaqi cites a hadith in which the Prophet moved his beard as evidence that moving the lips and tongue is necessary in silent recitation. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar refuted him in al-Fath and elsewhere, stating that this evidence is incorrect and that movement is not a condition.

The Shaykh : ... What corresponds to this negation? What does it correspond to? What did you understand?

The questioner : I understood.

The Shaykh : From Ibn Hajar's words.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Be patient. The disagreement between Ibn Hajar and al-Bayhaqi is regarding the movement of the lips, whereas the movement of the tongue is necessary according to Ibn Hajar.

The questioner : Ibn Hajar did not address it, only ... .

The Shaykh : So the disagreement has not been clarified.

The questioner : Let us focus on the movement of the lips without ... .

The Shaykh : You do not imagine recitation with tongue movement without ... .
The student : I tried to do it, but my tongue did not move.

The questioner : Ibn Taymiyyah addressed the issue and said that it is necessary to pronounce every letter from its point of articulation in recitation ... otherwise it is called internal speech and is not called recitation unless ... .
The student : ... He says: No, meaning he speaks emphatically on this topic that nothing is considered for recitation, and no ... .

The Shaykh : ... .
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