Is it permissible for a person to occupy himself with the Qur'an and be preoccupied with other matters, such as studying, while listening to it?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. When listening to the Qur'an, sometimes a person listens to it before sleeping, or for example while studying or busy with any of his tasks. Is this among the etiquettes, and what is its ruling?
The Shaykh : I mean, it means one person is reciting loudly in front of people who want to sleep.
The questioner : No, for example, a tape.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : A recorded tape.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And he is playing it, and he is sitting, for example, in the room studying or doing anything else, and he is playing it.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not among the etiquettes. It is not among the etiquettes to have the Book of Allah recited, even via a tape, while you are heedless of it, due to the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Al-A'raf 7:204] Therefore, we say that if you are free to listen to it, then listen. And if you are busy, do not turn it on. For this reason, we see that it is an error, though its owner intends good by it, what we hear when connecting on the phone. He says, for example, "Wait," and you hear the Qur'an, as if the Qur'an came for a meaning other than its own. A letter came for a meaning, but only so that people would wait. The Qur'an is more honorable and noble than to be made into something that waits for something else. And were it not that the intention of these people is a good intention, we would say that they are sinful.
Now, on the contrary, there are people when you call them and say, "I want such and such, I want so-and-so," they play music for you. I seek forgiveness from Allah. It is as if they want to force people to listen to what is forbidden. They have no excuse if they say, "I did it this way." Yes, the disbelievers do not see any harm in this, because disbelief is in reality greater than this. We say, praise be to Allah, this cannot be played except by connecting electricity to it, is that not so? It is possible to disconnect. Turn on this device and cut the tape that connects to the music, and it ends. So, what do I put? I say, put the word "Wait." A word that matches reality and is useful to the listener. Yes, "Wait," "After thirty seconds or similar," "Wait," and so on. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... there is the lesson.
The Shaykh : The thing that has the lesson is less severe than the Qur'an, but it is also not useful.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Be patient, my brother. But it is not useful. Why? Perhaps you come, for example, to a ruling of an issue that has conditions, and then the connection starts before the conditions are complete, so the listener understands it as having no conditions, and harm occurs. Likewise, the ruling, the ruling, perhaps a connection occurs before the wisdom is complete, and its end is related to its beginning. The word "Wait" has no defect and is useful. Yes.
The questioner : Before sleeping ...
The Shaykh : No, he says when I replayed it ... he said he is reviewing ... if it is another question.
The questioner : ... another question.
The Shaykh : Some people tell me that they do not sleep except while listening to this Qur'an. If that is the case, there is no harm, because even the sleeper wants to be a listener. He is not the one who is lying down waiting for sleep with no work; he will listen to this. There is no harm in it, and it is seeking assistance by listening to the words of Allah regarding what a person wants from permissible matters.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : There is no harm, there is no obstacle.
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : A person.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is only one question.
The Shaykh : I mean, it means one person is reciting loudly in front of people who want to sleep.
The questioner : No, for example, a tape.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : A recorded tape.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And he is playing it, and he is sitting, for example, in the room studying or doing anything else, and he is playing it.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not among the etiquettes. It is not among the etiquettes to have the Book of Allah recited, even via a tape, while you are heedless of it, due to the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:
So when the Qur'an is recited, then listen to it and pay attention
وإذا قرئ القرآن فاستمعوا له وأنصتواNow, on the contrary, there are people when you call them and say, "I want such and such, I want so-and-so," they play music for you. I seek forgiveness from Allah. It is as if they want to force people to listen to what is forbidden. They have no excuse if they say, "I did it this way." Yes, the disbelievers do not see any harm in this, because disbelief is in reality greater than this. We say, praise be to Allah, this cannot be played except by connecting electricity to it, is that not so? It is possible to disconnect. Turn on this device and cut the tape that connects to the music, and it ends. So, what do I put? I say, put the word "Wait." A word that matches reality and is useful to the listener. Yes, "Wait," "After thirty seconds or similar," "Wait," and so on. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... there is the lesson.
The Shaykh : The thing that has the lesson is less severe than the Qur'an, but it is also not useful.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Be patient, my brother. But it is not useful. Why? Perhaps you come, for example, to a ruling of an issue that has conditions, and then the connection starts before the conditions are complete, so the listener understands it as having no conditions, and harm occurs. Likewise, the ruling, the ruling, perhaps a connection occurs before the wisdom is complete, and its end is related to its beginning. The word "Wait" has no defect and is useful. Yes.
The questioner : Before sleeping ...
The Shaykh : No, he says when I replayed it ... he said he is reviewing ... if it is another question.
The questioner : ... another question.
The Shaykh : Some people tell me that they do not sleep except while listening to this Qur'an. If that is the case, there is no harm, because even the sleeper wants to be a listener. He is not the one who is lying down waiting for sleep with no work; he will listen to this. There is no harm in it, and it is seeking assistance by listening to the words of Allah regarding what a person wants from permissible matters.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : There is no harm, there is no obstacle.
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : A person.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is only one question.