Seeking refuge is prescribed in the recitation of the Qur'an and not in other things, such as asking questions or teaching.

The Shaykh : Here is a question; the question is as follows:
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. He, the Exalted, said: . Question: What is a comprehensive explanation of this Qur'anic passage?
Before the requested tafsir — and we will say what Allah makes easy for us of it — I want to point out: It is the custom of many people that when they read a verse, they begin it with the Basmala or the seeking of refuge. As for the Basmala here, I do not say it was written for the sake of the verse; it may have been written for the sake of the verse, or it may have been written because any book begins with "In the name of Allah," as is the case with every question that comes to me, as will be seen in the following question. But my intention in pointing this out is that when a Muslim recites a verse for the purpose of citing it as evidence or asking about it, it is not in accordance with the Shari'ah to say: "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy." or to say: "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.", and seeking refuge with Allah before the verse is more common among people than the Basmalah before it. That is, you find the preacher delivering a sermon to the people and wanting to mention a verse, so he says, "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan," and so on. Some of them even make a mistake in the Arabic structure and say, "Allah the Exalted said, after 'I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan,' such and such." This is an error in expression; rather, it is a lie, because Allah did not say, "After 'I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan,' such and such." We must be precise in what we attribute to Allah, and even to His Messenger, who says, "Allah said, after 'I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.'" Do we find "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan" in the Qur'an? No, so this is a mistake. Where did it come from? It came from a misunderstanding of the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic): What is the misunderstanding? People think that the meaning of this verse is: "If you recite the Qur'an, whether for recitation or for citing it as evidence, seek refuge in Allah." This is incorrect. The actual meaning of the verse is: "If you recite the Qur'an for recitation, not for citing it as evidence, then seek refuge in Allah." What is the difference between the two cases, and how do we know this difference? First, the difference between the two cases is this:The questioner : ةYou are asking about the verse: what is its interpretation? When you intend to sit down to recite the Qur'an for reflection and remembrance, you must seek refuge in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). But if she wants to ask about the meaning of the verse, she is not in the process of recitation; rather, she is in the process of seeking knowledge, clarification, and inquiry. Therefore, she should not begin the verse with seeking refuge at that time. I am in the process of preaching and teaching; I should not say, "Allah the Exalted said: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan," but rather I should directly say, "Allah the Exalted said:" and so on. The evidence for distinguishing between the two cases is the practical Sunnah. There are dozens of hadiths in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was preaching to the people and teaching them, and when he came to a verse, we find that he did not say, "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan," but rather he recited the verse directly, beginning with the verse. For example, and there are many examples: when the poor Bedouins came to him, his face changed out of sadness for them, so he preached to the people, taught them, and advised them, and he said, "Allah the Exalted said: what is the verse?" It follows Surat al-Jumu'ah: "O you who believe," and so on to the end of the verse. He did not say, "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan," "O you who believe," and so on. to the end of the verse. He did not say, “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan,” “O you who believe,” to the end of it. I wanted to present this note before answering this question.