The ruling on being preoccupied while listening to the Qur'an

Question:
Our sister says: Your Eminence, I turn on the radio to the Holy Qur'an broadcast, and sometimes the reciter is reciting, but I do not listen to him; because I am busy with some work. Does that have an effect? Is there any harm in that?
Guide us and those like us, may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
It is prescribed to listen to the Qur'an and pay attention to it. So if you are busy with something else and not listening, turn it off until you can listen to it. If you get a chance, turn it on and listen, and if you do not get a chance, turn it off. This is what is best for the believing man and woman. As for playing around while the Qur'an is present, and talking about trivial matters while the Qur'an is in their hands, no.
But if you are hearing it, and there is no idle talk or noise, you are hearing it, and some of it may be missed due to some busyness, that does not harm, there is no harm in that. But if there is idle talk and conversation while the reciter is reciting, no, that is not appropriate. Allah the Exalted says: [Al-A'raf: 204] So either you listen and benefit, or else turn it off. But if the work does not involve noise or conversation, it is just work with silence and you are listening, and some of it may be missed, then there is no harm in listening to whatever is possible for you, and if you miss something, it does not harm you. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. So, her working in her kitchen, or in her house, and she has no one with her who is talking, and she is listening to the Holy Qur'an broadcast.

The Shaykh: Fine, this is fine, fine, fine, yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.