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1.
Purification
2.
Getting Prepared for Recitation
3.
Seeking Refuge with Allah upon Starting
Recitation
4.
Do not Disrupt the Recitation Unnecessarily
5.
Slow Recitation Allows Comprehension
6.
Saying " Sadaqa Allah ul-`Azheem (Allah
Says the Truth)" and Invoking Allah after
7.
Reciting the Whole Surah
8.
Sacredness and the Due Glorification of the
Copy of the Qur'an
9.
Abandoning Recitation is Forbidden
10.
Looking at its Writing
11.
Not to Interpret It with a Material Thing from
this World
12.
Not to Reverse its Order in Recitation
13.
Not to Recite It Vaguely
14.
Not to Imitate Singers or Christians' Tunes
15.
Make Fine Its Calligraphy
16.
Not to Disturb Others with Reciting
17.
Not to Argue with Others about the Different
Ways of Reciting
18.
Not to Recite It in Markets
19.
Not to Enter the Toilet with It
1.
Purification
At-Tirmidhi, in his Nawadir
Al-'Usul, said: The Glorious Qur'an is
sacred so that one can not even touch it
without being pure and safe from filth. The
same is applicable upon starting to recite it.
Moreover, one should use the siwak
(tooth-stick) to clean and purify his mouth,
as it is the way the Qur'an takes.
Yazeed Ibn Abu Malik said:
Your mouths are a way taken by the Glorious
Qur'an, so, clean and purify them as much as
you can.
2. Getting
Prepared for Recitation
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one dress well as if he is getting prepared
for meeting a royal prince, for he addresses
Allah the Almighty. One should direct his face
towards the Qiblah (Prayer Direction).
Abu Al-`Aaliyah used to put his turban on
along with his finest clothes and direct his
face towards the Qiblah. [Of course,
this is not required all the time].
Moreover, one should rinse his
mouth whenever he clears his throat. Shu`bah
narrated on the authority of Abu Hamzah after
Ibn `Abbas that: "He used to have before
him a bowl to rinse his mouth each time he
cleared his throat, then began to make Dhikr
(Remembrance of Allah). He used to do this all
the time."
In addition, one should pause
or stop the recitation upon yawning because he
is considered to be addressing his Lord, and
that yawning is caused by Satan. Mujahed said:
If you yawn while reciting the Glorious
Qur'an, stop reciting till you stop yawning as
a mark of your glorification of the Glorious
Qur'an. And `Ikrimah said the same.
3. Seeking
Refuge with Allah upon Starting Recitation
Upon starting to recite the
Glorious Qur'an, one should seek refuge with
Allah the Almighty from the cursed devil by
saying, " A`udhu billahi min
Ash-Shaytan-ir-rajeem," [I seek
refuge with Allah from the cursed devil]. He
should say: " Bismi-llah ir-Rahman
ir-Raheem " (In the Name of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful) if he starts the
recitation from the beginning of the Surah or
the location he stopped at last time.
4. Do not
Disrupt the Recitation Unnecessarily
One should not disrupt his
recitation by speaking to others
unnecessarily. The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one should recite it in privacy in order
not to be interrupted by others. By not
reading in seclusion, one dismisses the
seeking-of-refuge he obtained upon starting to
recite.
5. Slow
Recitation Allows Comprehension
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one should recite it very slowly and with
full awareness to comprehend and understand
all that he reads. Moreover, one should ask
for Allah's Grace and Bounty upon coming to a
promising verse, and should seek Allah's
Refuge and Help upon coming to a threatening
verse. One should take heed of its similitude
and attempt to realize their purposes. One
should articulate or pronounce all its letters
rightly and properly, as he is rewarded for
each letter with ten blessings.
6. Saying
" Sadaqa Allah ul-`Azheem (Allah
Says the Truth)" and Invoking Allah after
Recitation
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so after finishing the recitation, one should
say "Allah Says the Truth", bear
witness that the Prophet, peace and blessings
be upon him, has truly delivered the message,
and testify that the Glorious Qur'an is all
true. One should say: "Our Lord! You have
said the Truth. Your messengers have delivered
the message. We testify on all this. O Allah!
Make us bear witness of the truth and observe
justice in all our dealings." Then, one
should supplicate Allah, asking for His Grace
and Bounty.
One should restart reciting
the Glorious Qur'an when he comes to its end
in order not to render it disused or forsaken.
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be
upon him, when he finished reciting the
Glorious Qur'an, used to read about five
verses from the beginning in order not to
render it deserted. Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be
pleased with him) narrated that a man came and
said: O Messenger of Allah! What is the best
of all deeds? He said: Be like a man who is
constantly on the go. The man said: what is
meant by "a man on the go"? The
Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be
upon him, said: He is reciter of the Glorious
Qur'an who starts reciting it from the
beginning to its end, then starts from its
beginning once more; whenever he settles he
travels again.
It is recommended to gather
one's household together upon finishing
recitation of the Glorious Qur'an. Abu Bakr
Al-Anbari said: Idris told us that Khalaf told
us that Waki` told us on the authority of
Mus`ar after Qatadah, that Anas Ibn Malik used
to gather his household when he came to finish
reciting the Glorious Qur'an and started to
invoke Allah the Almighty.
Idris told us that Khalaf told
us that Jarir told us on the authority of
Mansour after Al-Hakam, who said: Mujahid,
`Abdullah Ibn Ubai and others used to
frequently recite the Glorious Qur'an. And
when they come to finish reciting the whole
Glorious Qur'an they brought us because mercy
descends upon finishing recitation of the
Qur'an.
Idris told us that Khalaf told
us that Hasheem told us on the authority of
Al-`Awwam after Ibrahim Al-Taimi, who said:
The Angels pray and supplicate for the sake of
those who finish reciting the Glorious Qur'an
at the beginning of day till the evening
comes, and for those who finish it at the
beginning of evening till the day comes. He
added: For this, they preferred to finish
reciting it at the beginning of either day or
evening.
7. Reciting
the Whole Surah
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one should not pick up certain verses from
different surahs to read. It is narrated on
the authority of Allah's Messenger, peace and
blessings be upon him, that he passed by Bilal
(May Allah be pleased with him) while he was
reciting certain verses from each surah. He
ordered him to recite the whole surah, or as
was said by him, peace and blessings be upon
him.
8. Sacredness and the Due
Glorification of the Copy of the Qur'an
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so it should not be left open when it is not
in use. Nothing should be placed over it so
that it is kept exalted and higher than any
other book of any kind. It is not allowed for
anyone to put it on the floor while reading.
If the Qur'an is written on a
(chalk or white) board, one should not erase
it from the board with spittle. Instead, one
should wipe it with pure and clean water. And,
in case one washes or wipes it with water, he
should avoid pouring it out in impure places
or footpaths because the remnant water is
sacred as well. Our ancestors used to use that
remnant water as a cure.
In addition, the Qur'an's old
and worn out leaves should not be used as
covers for other leaves or books, for this
seems to be severe transgression. One should
not take a copy of the Qur'an for a pillow or
to lean on it, nor should he hand it to others
by throwing it.
Moreover, the copy of the
Glorious Qur'an should not be miniaturized.
Al-A`mash narrated on the authority of Ibrahim
after `Ali Ibn Abi Talib (May Allah be pleased
with him) who said: A copy of the Glorious
Qur'an should not be miniaturized. Ibn Kathir
said: It was narrated on the authority of
`Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased
with him) that he noticed a tiny copy of the
Glorious Qur'an in the hands of a man. He
asked him: Who wrote it? The man said: I did.
`Umar beat him with his staff and said:
Glorify the Glorious Qur'an.
It was narrated on the
authority of Prophet Muhammad, peace and
blessings be upon him, that he prohibited
Muslims to say "musaijid" (the
diminutive form of masjid "mosque")
and " musaihif " (the
diminutive form of mushaf "copy of
the Qur'an").
Also, the Glorious Qur'an is
sacred, so nothing other than its sheets
should be mixed with it or placed in between
them. Moreover, it should not be gilded or
written with gold in order not to be touched
with the simple ornaments of this world. It
was narrated on the authority of Mughirah
after Ibrahim that he disliked to decorate the
copy of the Glorious Qur'an or to write it
with gold or to mark beginnings of verses or
to minimize its size.
It was narrated on the
authority of Abu Al-Darda' who said: The
Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be
upon him, said: If you decorate your mosques
and copies of the Glorious Qur'an, the
(vehement) wind will overwhelm you all.
When Ibn `Abbas saw a copy of
the Glorious Qur'an decorated with silver, he
said: In so doing, you will be seducing the
thief, while its true ornament and decoration
are within it.
In addition, it is sacred, so
it should not be written on the ground or on
walls as done nowadays in modern mosques.
Muhammad Ibn `Ali Al-Shaqiqi narrated on the
authority of his father after `Abdullah Ibn
Al-Mubarak after Sufian after Muhammad Ibn
Al-Zubair, who said: I listened to `Umar Ibn
`Abdul-`Aziz while narrating hadiths of the
Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him,
saying: The Messenger of Allah, peace and
blessings be upon him, passed by some writings
on the ground and said to a young man from the
Huzail tribe: What is this? The young man
said: Some part of the Glorious Qur'an,
written by a Jew. The Prophet, peace and
blessings be upon him, said: May Allah the
Almighty curse him (the one) who did so. Do
not place the Book of Allah in other than its
proper place.
Muhammad Ibn Al-Zubair said:
Once, `Umar Ibn `Abdul-`Aziz saw a son of his
writing something of the Glorious Qur'an on a
wall and therefore, he beat him.
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so if one soaked some writings of it in water
and washed with that water, seeking cure and
treatment by the blessing of Allah the
Almighty, he should not pour the water out on
dirt or a filthy place or on a footpath.
Instead, he should place it aside in a place
that is not usually walked or stepped on by
people. Or, he should pour it into a hole in
the land and cover it with pure dust, or pour
it out into a running river to mix with its
waters.
9.
Abandoning Recitation is forbidden
One should look inside (read)
some portions of the Glorious Qur'an every
day. Abu Musa said: I feel shame not to look
inside (read) some portions of my Lord's
Covenant every day even for once.
10.
Looking at its Writing
One should give his eyes their
happy share of looking at the writing of the
Glorious Qur'an, for when one reads something
while looking attentively at it, this gives
him a great opportunity to realize and
comprehend its connotations and to capture all
possible hints and signals. It was narrated on
the authority of Zaid Ibn Aslam after `Ata'
Ibn Yasar after Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (May Allah
be please with him) that: The Messenger of
Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
Allow your eyes to have their lot of worship.
This means looking at the Qur'an, reflecting
on its content and taking lessons out of its
wonders.
In addition, it was narrated
on the authority of Makhul after `Ubadah Ibn
Al-Samit who said: The Messenger of Allah,
peace and blessings be upon him, said: The
best act of worship observed by my Ummah
(nation) is reciting the Qur'an while looking
at it.
11. Not to
Interpret It with a Material Thing from this
World
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one should not liken any part of it to any
of the happenings of this world. `Amr Ibn Ziad
Al-Hanzali told us that Hushaim Ibn Bashir
told us on the authority of Al-Mughirah after
Ibrahim, who said: He disliked to interpret or
liken anything of the Glorious Qur'an to
anything of this doomed-to-vanish world.
12. Not to
Reverse its Order in Recitation
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so it should not be reversed in recitation
(this means to recite its verses in reverse
order or its words backwards) as done by some
people to show off. They are mistaken about
that.
13. Not to
Recite It Vaguely
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one should not recite it vaguely or
obscurely but should enunciate clearly.
14. Not to Imitate Singers or
Christians' Tunes
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one should not read it with melodies or
tunes such as those used by godless or sinful
people. Also, one should not read it in the
way Christians read in their churches. All
this is falsehood.
15. Make
Fine Its Calligraphy
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one should write it with fine handwriting.
On the authority of Abu Hukaimah who said that
he was making copies of the Glorious Qur'an at
Kufa and `Ali Ibn Abi Talib (May Allah be
pleased with him) looked at his writings and
said: Make fine your handwriting. Thus, I
sharpened my pen and resumed my work while
`Ali was looking at me and said: Yes, just
like that; make it just fine as it was made so
by Allah the Almighty.
16. Not to Disturb Others
with Reciting
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one should not raise his voice with it in
such a way as to disturb others who may
dislike what they hear.
17. Not to
Argue with Others about the Different Ways of
Reciting
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one should not argue with others concerning
the different ways of reciting it. Moreover,
one is not allowed to say to another, "It
is not like this!" For it may be that
that way of reciting is right and
authenticated, and by saying so, one involves
himself in wronging the Book of Allah the
Almighty.
18. Not to
Recite It in Markets
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one should not recite it in markets or at
foolish meetings and gatherings. Don't forget
that Allah the Almighty mentions His servants
and worshipers and praises them for passing
gently by foolish gatherings. That is for
passing by themselves; what about passing by
those foolish gatherings while reciting the
Glorious Words of Allah, Lord of all creatures
and creation?
19. Not to
Enter the Toilet with It
The Glorious Qur'an is sacred,
so one should not make any portions of it as
jewelry and then enter the toilet room while
wearing them.
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