Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Etiquette of the Qur’an Reciter Part 1

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The importance of reciting the Quran in a neutral or low-flow state is emphasized, along with the use of digital screams and reciting it in a safe and appropriate way. The speaker provides advice on reciting the Quran, including reciting it in a secure way, reading it in a safe place, and facing the Qibla. The optimal position for reciting the Prophet's position is also discussed, along with a course on Islam essentials and taking a sustained study.

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