Is seeking refuge with Allah prescribed when citing a verse?

The questioner : The one who enjoins good and forbids evil for the people, while he is clean-shaven, is a man of good character, but he is clean-shaven and knows that shaving the beard is open sinfulness. Does he fall under the statement of Allah the Exalted, after seeking refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan:

The Shaykh : Allah did not say, "after seeking refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan."

The questioner : I say, "after seeking refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan," the statement of Allah the Exalted, after seeking refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan.

The Shaykh : Yes, Allah did not say that. You say, "Allah said," after seeking refuge with Allah from the Shaytan.

The questioner : If we say, "The statement of Allah the Exalted," seeking refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan.

The Shaykh : Allah did not say that.

The questioner : So what do we say?

The Shaykh : Say, "Allah the Exalted said such and such."
Al-Halabi : Or, "Seeking refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan, such and such."

The Shaykh : No. Yes.

The questioner : Is it necessary to seek refuge?

The Shaykh : No, ...

The Shaykh : Who said to omit it? Is the original state of speech omission or non-omission?

The questioner : The original state is non-omission.
What is it that gets into you?
But if it comes in this form, it is necessary to precede it.

The Shaykh : Precede what?

The questioner : Precede the reciter.

The Shaykh : No. Why is he legislating? His speech is better interpreted or corrected.

The questioner : Correcting is better, but if it comes like this, it is also interpreted so that nothing wrong comes out of it.

The Shaykh : I made a mistake. We interpret a man's speech to free him from sin, but if the matter does not revolve around freeing him from sin, it is corrected immediately. You have not finished yet. I mean, the whole time has passed and we have not heard your voice at all, until I thought you had dyed your beard. You are blond, and you are blond. All this patience, and you could not wait until this question was finished. Ha.
Be patient with your patience and forbearance. Know that seeking refuge is prescribed only before recitation. As for seeking refuge before citing a verse, it is a religious innovation, contrary to the Sunnah. Note that when you read the hadiths where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cites a verse, you will not find him saying, "I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan."

The questioner : In the sermon of necessity.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : The sermon of necessity.

The Shaykh : The intention is correct, but the expression is a greater error. "Allah said, after seeking refuge with Allah" — this is an error.
Al-Halabi : Al-Suyuti has a treatise in *Al-Hawi* on this specific issue.

The Shaykh : Of course.
Al-Halabi : That is, his saying, "after seeking refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan," or saying, "Allah said, after seeking refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan."

The Shaykh : Yes, Allah did not say that. What did Allah say? Say it.

The questioner : The verse: That is, does he fall under this verse? Does this verse describe them? He is a good man, one who maintains prayer, polite, but he shaves his beard and urges people to enjoin good and forbid evil.

The Shaykh : Now, the question directed to you is: do you believe that he says what he does not do?

The questioner : No.

The Shaykh : So if

The questioner : Except because of shaving the beard.

The questioner : So he is not included in the text. But if he said to people, "I advise you to let your beards grow," then the verse would be directed at him, and it would be established against him, and it would clothe him in confusion. But if one says to a man, "Pray," and he is praying, then he is not one who says what he does not do. Clear...

The Shaykh : The hair on her legs is part of the complete alteration of the creation of Allah the Exalted. The group wants to greet you.
Here, it seems, women are coming in their direction.
A student says to the women: This is not permissible, this is not permissible, there are shaykhs here.

The Shaykh : The verse addresses this issue. He narrates a report from Imam Malik. I am not concerned with its authenticity in terms of narration, because it is difficult for a person to follow these reports and their chains of narration as one does with the hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). It is sufficient for us that they are in accordance with the Shari'ah, that they alert the one who knows, and teach the ignorant. It is reported from Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said, "Shaytan wishes to hear from you this word: 'I do not enjoin good until I do it.'" Who among us does every good?

The questioner : No one.

The Shaykh : This is truly dangerous speech.

The questioner : Like those who say, "I will not pray until I am humble in prayer."

The questioner : It is attributed to Zayn al-Abidin regarding the teaching of small children and boys to pray, or rather the permissibility of combining the midday and afternoon prayers, and the sunset and night prayers. Do we issue a ruling on this issue for fathers who are eager to raise their children to maintain prayer?

The Shaykh : Absolutely, there is no need for such a thing at all. Let him...

The questioner : So that he persists in it, instead of being lazy about it at the time of every prayer.

The Shaykh : He persists in it, fulfilling his obligation. We want to teach him how to pray as it is the original in the Shari'ah, and not as it is in the incidental matter. And who is this Zayn al-Abidin? He means a Shi'ite, one of the Shi'ah.

The questioner : My teacher, I am still upset about the situation we had with the woman...

The Shaykh : You are noticing that it is over...