What is the ruling on reading a daily portion of the Qur'an that neither increases nor decreases?
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The Shaykh : Your question, what do you mean by your statement that it stops at the hizb? What do you mean?
The questioner : I mean the juz', that he stops with it and does not go beyond it, that he reads one juz' every night and nothing more?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is what it means.
The Shaykh : I mean, he neither increases nor decreases?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Hmm, in my opinion, this falls under organizing the time of every Muslim according to his circumstances.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Like organizing a lesson for a group of people on a specific day at a specific time. If the motivation for this organization is the circumstances related to him or them, and it is not linked to a hidden, faith-based organization, regardless of whether this faith-based matter is actually correct or not, I see nothing wrong with these restrictions. And what you are asking about is of this kind. So let me give you an example: We all know the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "In the story of Ibn 'Amr's confrontation with the Messenger regarding standing in night prayer and fasting during the day, how the Messenger (peace be upon him) was lenient with him and conceded to him on many matters." This is the well-known story in "al-Sahihayn," because I only know that outside of "al-Sahihayn" there is no report with a sound chain that our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ended up with Ibn 'Amr by saying to him: What are you listening to? Is there something?
The questioner : No, no, excuse me, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Ah,Sunan Ibn Majah 1347Sahih (Darussalam), so we take from this hadith that it is permissible for a Muslim to read the Qur'an in three nights. Okay, it is permissible for him to read the Qur'an in six nights, permissible, permissible, and so on. To read thirty hizbs, for example, in thirty days, and so on, according to the person's capacity and ability. This is from the legal aspect. From the physical aspect now: I mention what is called "Dala'il al-Khayrat." You must know something about "Dala'il al-Khayrat," right?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But have you looked at a copy of its copies?
The student : "Dala'il al-Khayrat" is full of innovations.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The student : I looked at a copy and parts of some of it.
The Shaykh : The point is, every day there is a specific portion, every day there is a specific supplication. I know a relative of mine (may Allah have mercy on him): he might miss the Qur'anic hizb, but he would not miss the "Dala'il" hizb.
The questioner: Allah is the Greatest!
The Shaykh : Absolutely not. This is, of course, an innovation in the religion, because it has become arranged and classified as if it were revelation from the sky. This is, of course, not permissible. So, if this commitment that you asked about: the motivation is not religious devotion, but rather his specific circumstances to organize his time, for example, in what is his and what is upon him, and so on, then I see no obstacle, based on the hadith:Sunan Ibn Majah 1347Sahih (Darussalam).
The questioner : My Shaykh, let's stay on the point, meaning what relates to... specifically?
The Shaykh : I answered you - also - about the group, my brother.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Do not forget.
The questioner : It is like this, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Ah, that is it.
The questioner : I mean the juz', that he stops with it and does not go beyond it, that he reads one juz' every night and nothing more?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is what it means.
The Shaykh : I mean, he neither increases nor decreases?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Hmm, in my opinion, this falls under organizing the time of every Muslim according to his circumstances.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Like organizing a lesson for a group of people on a specific day at a specific time. If the motivation for this organization is the circumstances related to him or them, and it is not linked to a hidden, faith-based organization, regardless of whether this faith-based matter is actually correct or not, I see nothing wrong with these restrictions. And what you are asking about is of this kind. So let me give you an example: We all know the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "In the story of Ibn 'Amr's confrontation with the Messenger regarding standing in night prayer and fasting during the day, how the Messenger (peace be upon him) was lenient with him and conceded to him on many matters." This is the well-known story in "al-Sahihayn," because I only know that outside of "al-Sahihayn" there is no report with a sound chain that our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ended up with Ibn 'Amr by saying to him:
Read the Qur'an in three [nights], for whoever reads the Qur'an in less than three [nights] will not understand it.
اقرأ القرآن في ثلاث ، فَمَن قرأ القرآن في أقلِّ من ثلاث لم يفقَهْهThe questioner : No, no, excuse me, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Ah,
No one properly understands who reads the Qur’an in less than three days.
فَمَن قرأ القرآن في أقلِّ من ثلاث لم يفقَهْهThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But have you looked at a copy of its copies?
The student : "Dala'il al-Khayrat" is full of innovations.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The student : I looked at a copy and parts of some of it.
The Shaykh : The point is, every day there is a specific portion, every day there is a specific supplication. I know a relative of mine (may Allah have mercy on him): he might miss the Qur'anic hizb, but he would not miss the "Dala'il" hizb.
The questioner: Allah is the Greatest!
The Shaykh : Absolutely not. This is, of course, an innovation in the religion, because it has become arranged and classified as if it were revelation from the sky. This is, of course, not permissible. So, if this commitment that you asked about: the motivation is not religious devotion, but rather his specific circumstances to organize his time, for example, in what is his and what is upon him, and so on, then I see no obstacle, based on the hadith:
No one properly understands who reads the Qur’an in less than three days.
فَمَن قرأ القرآن في أقلِّ من ثلاث لم يفقَهْهThe questioner : My Shaykh, let's stay on the point, meaning what relates to... specifically?
The Shaykh : I answered you - also - about the group, my brother.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Do not forget.
The questioner : It is like this, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Ah, that is it.
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