What is the ruling on listening to the Qur'an while a girl is reading from any of the books?

The questioner : The questioner says: What is the ruling on listening to the Qur'an while a girl is reading from any of the books?

The Shaykh : This is an action that is not befitting and is not pleasing, for Allah the Exalted said in His Book: And He, the Majestic and Exalted, said: So if a woman intends to read in another book, she should turn off the listening to the recitation of the Noble Qur'an so that she does not fall into sin without realizing it. However, if she is free and has no work, neither mental nor physical, and she wants to listen to the recorded Qur'an, then there is nothing wrong with it, because it benefits the listener. But here is a question: if this reader, via the recorder, passes through a prostration verse, does the listener prostrate? The answer is no, for two reasons. The first reason is that it is not prescribed for the listener to prostrate unless the one who is being listened to prostrates, because the listener is a follower, not a leader. So if the one being listened to does not prostrate, he does not prostrate. Zayd ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned that he recited Surat al-Najm to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not prostrate in it. It appears, and Allah knows best, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prostrate in it because Zayd, who was the reciter, did not prostrate. The second reason is that what is heard via the recorder is not the direct voice of the reciter, but rather a reproduction of his voice, so prostration is not prescribed in that case. And by my saying that it is a reproduction of the voice and not the voice itself, it becomes clear that what some people do of turning on the recorder when the time for the adhan arrives to hear it via the microphone is incorrect, and the collective obligation is not fulfilled by it, because this is a reproduction of the voice. Its only benefit is to alert people when the time enters. It is well known that the adhan is a prescribed remembrance, one of the best acts of worship and obedience, and indeed it is a collective obligation, as is well known. So it is not possible to dispense with the direct voice of the mu'adhdhin by a reproduction of the voice.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.