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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Ruling on saying: (Truthful is Allah, the Mighty) and al-Fatihah after reciting the Qur'an

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Question:
Our brother asks another question and says: I have seen in some mosques that after one of the reciters reads the Qur'an aloud, he says: Truthful is Allah, the Mighty, then al-Fatihah, meaning: he orders the people present in the mosque to recite al-Fatihah. Is this from the Sunnah, or is it a good innovation, or is it a bad innovation?
May Allah reward you for us and for the Muslims with good.

Answer:
What some people do when they finish reciting the Qur'an in the mosque or elsewhere, saying: Truthful is Allah, the Mighty, has no basis. Rather, it is from religious innovations, and it is not befitting to adopt that, nor to use that, and one should not be deceived by people in this matter. This is something with no basis. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say that after recitation, nor did the Companions say that. It is only something that people have newly introduced, so it is not permissible to make it a habit. However, if someone does it occasionally for a reason that prompts him to read a verse that delights him, or he sees its effects, and he says: Truthful is Allah, the Mighty, this has been found, and this has become so, from the perspective of marveling at what occurred, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) might say, or some of the Companions might say when they see something that agrees with the Qur'an and the Sunnah, they say: Truthful is Allah and His Messenger, in what He has revealed and in what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has clarified.
The point is: making this a habit after recitation in prayer or outside of it is a religious innovation. And if with this he says: Recite al-Fatihah, likewise; it is another religious innovation. There is no basis for this or for that. Rather, when he finishes the recitation, he is content with that. If the recitation ended with a name of Allah, he says: such as:
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
[Al-Waqi'ah:74] or the like. Otherwise, let him stop, and praise be to Allah, and nothing is prescribed for him.
But if the recitation ended with one of the names of Allah, it is prescribed for him to glorify Allah and magnify Him, as in the verse of Al-Taghabun:
Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
[Al-Taghabun:18] and the like,
So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
[Al-Waqi'ah:74] to the like of that; because the Sunnah for the believer when he passes by a verse containing mercy is to ask, and by a verse containing punishment is to seek refuge, and by a verse containing the names of Allah is to magnify them and glorify Him . The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do this in the Tahajjud prayer at night, and it is not recorded from him that he used to do it in the obligatory prayers. Rather, he would continue in his recitation (peace and blessings be upon him) in the obligatory prayers. He only did this in his Tahajjud at night. But if in the end there is a name of Allah in the recitation before he bows, and he glorifies Allah , there is no harm; because in this case he is not in the state of recitation. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah bless you.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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