Do some Qur'an teachers hold that seeking refuge from Satan's whispering, blowing, and enchanting is specific to prayer and not for reading the Qur'an?
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The questioner : Some Qur'an teachers hold that seeking refuge, which is "I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from Satan the accursed, from his whispering, blowing, and enchanting", is specific to prayer and not for reading the Qur'an. Is this correct, O honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : This is not correct. If a person seeks refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed and adds "I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from Satan the accursed, from his whispering, blowing, and enchanting", then there is nothing wrong with it, because seeking refuge in prayer is seeking refuge before recitation, and it falls under complying with the command of Allah the Exalted in His saying:[An-Nahl 16:98] And with this, it was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he would say: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 242Hasan (Darussalam) So if a person says it, there is no blame on him. And if he limits himself to the first part, "I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed," that is sufficient. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. In his last question, he says.
The Shaykh : This is not correct. If a person seeks refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed and adds "I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from Satan the accursed, from his whispering, blowing, and enchanting", then there is nothing wrong with it, because seeking refuge in prayer is seeking refuge before recitation, and it falls under complying with the command of Allah the Exalted in His saying:
So when you recite the Qur'an, [first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْءانَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِI seek refuge in Allah the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the cursed Shaitan, from his madness, his arrogance, and his poetry.
أعوذ بالله السميع العليم من الشيطان الرجيم من همزه ونفخه ونفثهThe questioner : May Allah bless you. In his last question, he says.