What is the ruling on a Muslim woman reciting the Qur'an in front of a shaykh who teaches her correct recitation and tajwid, with a barrier between them, and is this considered lowering the voice in speech, which is prohibited?
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The questioner : The following question: What is the ruling on a Muslim woman reciting the Qur'an in front of a shaykh who teaches her correct recitation and tajwid, with a barrier between them, and is this considered lowering the voice in speech, as in the verse, meaning when she recites with tartil in front of a man?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for her to do so unless a new invention is introduced, which is that the man does not hear the voice and understand that, despite not hearing her voice, he knows whether she is skilled or not. This is a comment on the impossible.
The questioner : So, it is not permissible?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Some scholars, O Shaykh, have issued a fatwa permitting this matter, saying that the Quran teacher is usually... what is he?
The Shaykh :[Al-Muddaththir 74:38] What shall I do for him?! Do you not know that the voice of a woman is 'awrah (the part of the body that must be covered)?
The questioner : He says that a man like this...
The Shaykh : You have not answered me.
The questioner : I know this matter.
The Shaykh : What do you know?
The questioner : The voice of a woman is, I mean, 'awrah or something like that, and this means I say it is a matter where there is discussion in the first place, meaning if she is embellishing her speech or if her speech is natural, and so on.
The Shaykh : And her recitation is natural?
The questioner : She usually reads from the perspective of correcting the recitation.
The Shaykh : You have not answered me. All of you are in the wind, glory be to Allah. Why do you not answer well? Is her recitation with tajwid a natural recitation like her speech?
The questioner : No, it is not natural.
The Shaykh : So then, why did you say "if she is"?
The questioner : No, I am not convinced by this statement, but I am saying that I am conveying some of the fatwas of the scholars from the perspective that a person, I mean, should be scrupulous, completely scrupulous, and some say that the one who teaches the Qur'an is usually not the person who is affected by this embellishment or this recitation.
The Shaykh : That is the Messenger of Allah.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible for her to do so unless a new invention is introduced, which is that the man does not hear the voice and understand that, despite not hearing her voice, he knows whether she is skilled or not. This is a comment on the impossible.
The questioner : So, it is not permissible?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Some scholars, O Shaykh, have issued a fatwa permitting this matter, saying that the Quran teacher is usually... what is he?
The Shaykh :
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
كل نفس بما كسبت رهينةThe questioner : He says that a man like this...
The Shaykh : You have not answered me.
The questioner : I know this matter.
The Shaykh : What do you know?
The questioner : The voice of a woman is, I mean, 'awrah or something like that, and this means I say it is a matter where there is discussion in the first place, meaning if she is embellishing her speech or if her speech is natural, and so on.
The Shaykh : And her recitation is natural?
The questioner : She usually reads from the perspective of correcting the recitation.
The Shaykh : You have not answered me. All of you are in the wind, glory be to Allah. Why do you not answer well? Is her recitation with tajwid a natural recitation like her speech?
The questioner : No, it is not natural.
The Shaykh : So then, why did you say "if she is"?
The questioner : No, I am not convinced by this statement, but I am saying that I am conveying some of the fatwas of the scholars from the perspective that a person, I mean, should be scrupulous, completely scrupulous, and some say that the one who teaches the Qur'an is usually not the person who is affected by this embellishment or this recitation.
The Shaykh : That is the Messenger of Allah.