Ruling on Reciting the Qur'an from the End to the Beginning
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Question:
A message was sent by a listener who says: Al-Tayyib Abu Zayd asks your Eminence about the ruling on reciting the Qur'an by starting from the end of the mushaf, then returning to its beginning. One of the female listeners from Libya is joining in this question, if you would be kind enough to guide everyone.
The Shaykh: Repeat... Repeat.
The presenter: They are asking your Eminence about the ruling on reciting the Qur'an from the end, then returning to the beginning, as if it were inverted, for example. What is your guidance for everyone? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no harm in that; however, it is contrary to what is best. The best and the Sunnah is to recite as the Companions arranged it, as the Companions arranged it (may Allah be pleased with them) starting with al-Fatihah, then al-Baqarah, and so on. This is the best. One recites from the top, starting with al-Fatihah, and descends. This is the principle in completing the recitation of the Qur'an, as the Companions used to do, and they would organize their recitation this way, in threes, fives, and sevens, and so on, starting with al-Fatihah. But if a person recites from the end of the Qur'an in order to learn, and ascends to its beginning, there is no harm in that. However, it is contrary to what is best and contrary to the practice of the people of the Sunnah, but it does not become forbidden by doing so. Yes.
The presenter: Praise be to Allah, may Allah reward you with good.
A message was sent by a listener who says: Al-Tayyib Abu Zayd asks your Eminence about the ruling on reciting the Qur'an by starting from the end of the mushaf, then returning to its beginning. One of the female listeners from Libya is joining in this question, if you would be kind enough to guide everyone.
The Shaykh: Repeat... Repeat.
The presenter: They are asking your Eminence about the ruling on reciting the Qur'an from the end, then returning to the beginning, as if it were inverted, for example. What is your guidance for everyone? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no harm in that; however, it is contrary to what is best. The best and the Sunnah is to recite as the Companions arranged it, as the Companions arranged it (may Allah be pleased with them) starting with al-Fatihah, then al-Baqarah, and so on. This is the best. One recites from the top, starting with al-Fatihah, and descends. This is the principle in completing the recitation of the Qur'an, as the Companions used to do, and they would organize their recitation this way, in threes, fives, and sevens, and so on, starting with al-Fatihah. But if a person recites from the end of the Qur'an in order to learn, and ascends to its beginning, there is no harm in that. However, it is contrary to what is best and contrary to the practice of the people of the Sunnah, but it does not become forbidden by doing so. Yes.
The presenter: Praise be to Allah, may Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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