Some scholars say that it is not prescribed to greet the one who is reciting the Qur'an, and that it is not obligatory for the one reciting the Qur'an to return the greeting. Is this statement correct, and what is the evidence of its proponents?
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The Shaykh : Shall we begin?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Some scholars say: It is not prescribed to greet the one who is reciting the Qur'an, and it is not obligatory for the one reciting the Qur'an to return the greeting. Is this statement correct, and what is the evidence of its proponents?
Yes, this is what the scholars of our Hanbali school said. They say: Because it distracts him. They cited as evidence that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade his Companions when he heard them reciting in their prayer and some of them raising their voices over others, and he said:As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 59:118.
And the greeting distracts the reciter. This is a reality for many people; if someone greets him while he is reciting from memory, he loses his place where he had finished. However, this should be qualified by the condition that if the one reciting would consider you to have boycotted him if you did not greet him, then you should greet him.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Some scholars say: It is not prescribed to greet the one who is reciting the Qur'an, and it is not obligatory for the one reciting the Qur'an to return the greeting. Is this statement correct, and what is the evidence of its proponents?
Yes, this is what the scholars of our Hanbali school said. They say: Because it distracts him. They cited as evidence that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade his Companions when he heard them reciting in their prayer and some of them raising their voices over others, and he said:
Do not raise your voices over one another in recitation
لا يجهر بعضكم على بعض في القراءةAnd the greeting distracts the reciter. This is a reality for many people; if someone greets him while he is reciting from memory, he loses his place where he had finished. However, this should be qualified by the condition that if the one reciting would consider you to have boycotted him if you did not greet him, then you should greet him.