What is the ruling on arranging daily duties in a specific pattern for a person, such as starting his day with the Qur'an, then the hadith, then the biography of a Companion?
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding some people who may start their day with the Noble Qur'an out of reverence for Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), then with noble hadiths, then with the biographies of the noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), do you consider this arrangement to be an innovation or something else?
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that their adherence to this is an innovation. However, as for opening the session with ten verses from the Qur'an, I do not dare to classify it as the innovation we mentioned, because I found a strong report in the history of Ibn Asakir, while I was in Damascus, that the Companions used to open their stories, meaning their lessons, with ten verses from the Qur'an.
The questioner : Their lessons, Shaykh.
Another questioner : Very well, if it is these ten verses from the Qur'an, is it a specific surah or specific verses?
The Shaykh : There is no objection to specific verses, you mean not specific verses that are always fixed, you mean this?
The questioner : I mean specific verses, for example, always Surah al-Asr.
The Shaykh : Always?
The questioner : I mean many of the brothers start with Surah al-Asr or conclude their session with this surah?
The Shaykh : This also has a basis, because it was reported from the Companions that when they gathered and then parted, one of them would recite Surah al-Asr. But this is one thing, and concluding the session is another.
The questioner : Is this established, Shaykh, that when they parted they recited Surah al-Asr?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : It is established that when they parted...
The Shaykh : Yes, it is established.
The questioner : Very well, may Allah reward you with good. Writing the Qur'an.
Another questioner : Let us return to the same question, Shaykh. I meant that the person starts with himself, meaning he opens his day, meaning the first thing he does, for example, when he wakes up, he starts his academic programs by reading the Qur'an, meaning before any other work, then...
The Shaykh : You mean between himself and himself?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : This has no basis. But you started your question on Friday, and it seemed to have escaped my notice, and I do not know if it escaped your notice.
The questioner : Yes, yes, I actually postponed it.
The Shaykh : You postponed it?! I am waiting for what connection the questions have with Friday—(may Allah have mercy on him) laughs.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that their adherence to this is an innovation. However, as for opening the session with ten verses from the Qur'an, I do not dare to classify it as the innovation we mentioned, because I found a strong report in the history of Ibn Asakir, while I was in Damascus, that the Companions used to open their stories, meaning their lessons, with ten verses from the Qur'an.
The questioner : Their lessons, Shaykh.
Another questioner : Very well, if it is these ten verses from the Qur'an, is it a specific surah or specific verses?
The Shaykh : There is no objection to specific verses, you mean not specific verses that are always fixed, you mean this?
The questioner : I mean specific verses, for example, always Surah al-Asr.
The Shaykh : Always?
The questioner : I mean many of the brothers start with Surah al-Asr or conclude their session with this surah?
The Shaykh : This also has a basis, because it was reported from the Companions that when they gathered and then parted, one of them would recite Surah al-Asr. But this is one thing, and concluding the session is another.
The questioner : Is this established, Shaykh, that when they parted they recited Surah al-Asr?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : It is established that when they parted...
The Shaykh : Yes, it is established.
The questioner : Very well, may Allah reward you with good. Writing the Qur'an.
Another questioner : Let us return to the same question, Shaykh. I meant that the person starts with himself, meaning he opens his day, meaning the first thing he does, for example, when he wakes up, he starts his academic programs by reading the Qur'an, meaning before any other work, then...
The Shaykh : You mean between himself and himself?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : This has no basis. But you started your question on Friday, and it seemed to have escaped my notice, and I do not know if it escaped your notice.
The questioner : Yes, yes, I actually postponed it.
The Shaykh : You postponed it?! I am waiting for what connection the questions have with Friday—(may Allah have mercy on him) laughs.
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