Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Etiquette of the Qur’an Reciter Part 1
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Prophet sallallahu Sallam would recite the Quran both with Waldo.
And sometimes without it, just to show its permissibility just to
show its permissibility that you can recite Quran you don't have to
do, you can still recite it. Nowadays when we have these
digital screams, you could literally be looking at a digital
screen and as long as you don't touch the letters, or where the
letters appear on the screen, as long as you just kind of moving in
either with a stylus or if there's an empty space in your moving you
could move that and you can recite if you're caught without will do
sometimes and so don't delay the reading of the Quran. If you can't
go and do we'll do at that time if you're at work or somewhere and
you can't do however without goosal You're not allowed to read
Quran
Bismillah R Rahman Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa Salatu
was Salam ala Sayidina Muhammad Weider. Early he or Safi or Baraka
was seldom at the Sleeman Kathira on Eli Iommi Dean.
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Rahman al Rahim in me Nona Lavina either Akira Allah who are
Jillette Kulu, whom were either too late adding him to who's that
whom Imana we're either or be him yet our Calhoun. So the Kola who
love Him. Allah subhanho wa Taala says in these verses, Israel
unfurl verse two, certainly the believers are those whose hearts
are filled with or
when Allah
is mentioned.
And when His Verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith
and in their Lord they place trust they always trusting of their
Lord.
What we're going to be covering today is that Masha Allah we all
recite the Quran, and especially Ramadan is a beautiful time to
recite Quran mashallah, we have rooms dedicated here to reciting
the Quran hamdulillah and people like to recite the Quran during
the month of Ramadan. So what we are going to be speaking about
today is the etiquette of reciting the Quran. What should be the
adab? And what are the etiquette that we should observe?
To get the best out of reading the Quran and I covered this from a
very special book. This is actually from this famous curry of
Egypt. Everybody should have heard of him. He's a contemporary of
Sheikh Abdul Basit Rahim Allah His name was Muhammad Khalid al sorry.
He's got beautiful recitation online. He's seen He's known for
his really eloquent but simple way of reciting you can find him
online. So
he talks about the various different
etiquette of reciting the Quran. So he says, number one, he's got
several I'm going to mention them quickly. He says number one, a
person when reciting the Quran should be free from both minor and
major states of ritual impurity. They should be pure basically
should not be unclean, dirty, in need of wudu or in need of goosal.
For sure.
This is because the recitation of the Quran is the best of
remembrance is is the best of way of remembering Allah subhanaw
taala and the Prophet sallallahu Sallam did not like to remember
Allah, except in a state of ritual purity.
Now, that's the optimal however, he says that it is permissible to
recite the Quran in a state of minor ritual impurity, when you
only need to do will do and you can't do at that time and you
still want to read you're driving while you're sitting and you can't
get to the bathroom or it's very cold or whatever. It would still
be permissible though, though it is not the best practice. It is
authentically transmitted from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
that he would refrain from reciting the Quran. If he was in a
state of major ritual impurity, that's when a person usually needs
a whistle. You don't want you were not allowed to actually recite
Quran in that state.
So then he says he should recite the Quran in both will do.
The Prophet sallallahu Sallam would recite the Quran both with
Lulu and sometimes without it, just to show its permissibility
just to show its permissibility that you can recite Quran you
don't have to do you can still recite it. Nowadays when we have
these digital screams. You could literally be looking at a digital
screen and as long as you don't touch the letters, or where the
letters appear on the screen, as long as you just kind of moving in
either with a stylus or if there's an empty space in your moving you
could move that and you can recite if you're caught without will do
sometimes and so don't delay the reading of the Quran. If you can't
go and do will do at that time if you're at work or somewhere and
you can't do however without lucid, you're not allowed to read
Quran. Likewise, if women are in their monthly periods, they're not
allowed to recite Quran. So that's what he says as well here
it is permissible for a person with goosal. But without wudu to
look at the text of the Quran and to read its words. Likewise, if
you don't have hosel, you'd be allowed to look at the Quran if
you wanted to.
You can't read it, but you can read it in your mind. So you can't
utter it with your tongue if you really had to. We usually say this
for women in menstruation who are trying to memorize the Quran or
something, they can at least look at it. Or if you want to reflect
over the Quran, you can do that. So you can't say it with your
tongue. That's what if you don't have goosal You just can't say it
with your tongue. Okay, number two, that was the basics number
two, he says that he should apply perfume fragrance essentially, and
wear clothes that he would deem appropriate to wear when in the
company of people. So that means at home, you don't want to be you
preferably. Preferably you don't want to be praying in your
pajamas. Because you wouldn't appear in public. I wouldn't sit
here in my pajamas. You better hope not. I mean, you know, you
don't want to be sitting in front of public with your pajamas, you
know? So that's considered undignified to read the Quran as
well because you're in the Presence of Allah subhanaw taala.
When that happens,
for this person is in a state of communication with his Lord
through his speech, Imam czar Kashi great scholar of the
sciences of the Quran, he says that is due to him being in the
presence of the Bestower through the recitation of the Quran, for
the one who recites any speech is like the one conversing with the
one whose speech he is reciting. Now, if you're reading
Shakespeare, Shakespeare doesn't know you're reciting. You're
reading his poetry. Nobody else does. But with Allah when you're
reading, there's an interaction. When you're reading the Quran,
Allah subhanaw taala knows that it when you when you're reading
anything, he knows it. But when you read the Quran, that's very
special. You're reading Allah's book, he's interacting with you.
So we want to be in the best of state.
It has been verified that abdulai Masuda the Allahu Anhu would wear
clean, beautiful clothing and apply perfume whenever he stood to
pray or recite the Quran. Now again, it's the same thing that if
you can't, and you're just so tired and you're in your pajamas,
you're in bed you can recite.
It's permissible to do so.
In fact, there was one person in one of the communities I think, in
London, that whenever on Friday, he would sit to send blessings on
the Prophet sallallahu sallam, he would don't do this in fasting, he
would
rinse his mouth out with rosewater. And then he would send
blessings on the process and that would definitely be befitting of
the Quran to do that or not in Ramadan. The fasting person's
breath is more beloved to Allah subhanaw taala than must so we
have Mashallah. Very special fragrance in Ramadan that Allah
subhanaw taala provides to the fasting.
Number three, one should clean one's mouth with a Sivak out of
honor for the recitation. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said, clean your mouth for the other passages of the Quran
Hadith by Imam bizarre clean your mouth there are passages of the
Quran and this keep them clean. If you want to be a serious recite of
the Quran you definitely don't want to be swearing and bantering
in that kind of way that is considered to be blameworthy
permissible banter is okay
yes even be Malik said your mouths are the pathways of the Quran, so
purify them and clean them as best as you can. The scholars have said
that it is recommended to use the seawater prior to reciting the
Quran as a means of purifying the mouth to articulate the letters of
the Quran. It just feels cleaner and better you can use a
toothbrush if you don't have a miswak as well. The next point
number four is one should read in a clean place.
As far as possible, you should read in as clean a place as
possible. That's why some scholars recommended that the best place to
recite Quran is in the masjid. Because what cleaner place are you
going to get the Masjid? Right due to both being clean and a place of
virtue? Because when you enter the masjid
we make intention for Attica. Anytime we're staying in the
masjid for more than a year. I mean, anytime really. Every time
we come in Allahu Medallia, Barbara hermetic of Allah opened
up the doors of mercy. That's the first thing. In fact, we should
probably have that just in big letters just outside the door. You
are entering the abode of mercy. Right. So as for the opening of
doors of mercy. And the other thing that we recommended to do is
make an intention for aitikaf literally is just no way too soon,
Athletica. I'm just intending it cough. So even though he's
spending 20 minutes here, 15 minutes, you're getting rewarded
aitikaf as well.
That's the beautiful aspect of it. So when you're coming to pray
Cinetic offers well at the same time, it doesn't have to be the 10
day Ethica for
The last 10 days this is just Neville ethical for as long as you
want.
Then he's got some discussions about reading in the streets and
things like that and the etiquette to do with that as long as you're
listening as long as you're paying attention, it's okay. Otherwise
you shouldn't just read if nobody's going to be paying
attention or you're not paying attention yourself.
Number five, he should face the Qibla.
while reciting, why, why should you face the Qibla? Why is that
better? Again, this is not necessary. It's just better. Due
to the hadith of Imam taba. Ronnie, he says that the best of
gatherings are those that face the tabler. So there's a virtue in
facing the Qibla. Whenever you're doing dua, when you're reading
Quran, you don't have to, but it's just an additional virtue.
A person should sit humbly
as a humbly.
Humbly, right in humility, right. And humbly should be humble
anyway. So it's okay. Right.
He should sit humbly with stillness and dignity with his
head lowered, the best position to sit
in while reciting is the position one sits in for prayer. That's the
best position that's the most dignified position in that regard.
He should not lean back or recline on something like a pillow or a
wall unless one has an excuse like an illness should definitely not
put one foot over the other if you can. However, however, this
doesn't mean that if you can't sit like this and to the Qibla and
with will do that you don't read the Quran and that's the optimal
way. But if you're in a situation where you can't because you can't
face, you're in a bus, you're going in opposite with people or
you're just tired and you need to lean then it's fine. He says it is
permissible to recite the Quran while lying on one's back on one
side or on one's bed is permissible. You're just tired,
you want to lay down reads fine. One will be rewarded for doing so.
But maybe less than one setting up why? Allah subhanho wa Taala talks
about those who remember him in Surah, earlier Imran Allah Zenith
Quran Allah pa Manuel karuna, what Allah you know, be Him, those who
remember Allah standing, sitting, lying down, that proves that you
can do vicar lying down and sitting. And thus you can read
Quran like that as well. In fact,
Allah has made it very easy for us, the Prophet salallahu Salam,
it is because you know, for the prophets of Allah ism or a brother
who was second nature, it has to be easy. It had to be all the time
and anytime, right? If you are forced to have to sit in a
particular way, then we do it less, right? You don't you don't
feel like sitting in that particular direction. You want to
just relax and still want to read it's fine. That's why it says that
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to even recite the
Quran while resting his head on Aisha Radi Allahu Allah has lap
literally with your wife, your your head is on her lap laying
down, maybe she's sitting and you can still recite the Quran that
scene, almost like
a romantic setup, not for the purpose of romantic looks romantic
is not necessarily for the purpose of her because romance is
something else beyond that. But that's an intimate setup. You
could say to a certain degree, but you are allowed to do that as well
because you can remember Allah.
Fact when husband and wife come together they should be doing the
DUA, the special dua for that time to protect against the shaytaan.
So it's not like a place where you because it's not necessarily, you
know,
a place that you're not allowed to do the vicar of Allah. Abu Musa al
Ashanti? Well, the Allahu Anhu relates, he says that I recite
sorry, he says I recite the Quran in my prayer and on my bed. It's
also been narrated from Aisha Radi Allahu anha. She said, I recite my
daily portion of the Quran, why while I lay down in bed, so if
you're really tired, you can do that. Just read
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