Reading the Qur'an in the Mind rather than Upon Lips Physically -Sh. bin Baz رحمه
الله
Some people get a mus’haf and look into it [reading in the mind] without moving their lips; is it still applicable to term this as “reading the Qur’an”? Or is it a must to pronounce/utter the words and for that to be heard in order to deserve reading the Qur’an? And is a person rewarded for just looking into a mus’haf [reading in mind]?
There is nothing preventing looking into the Qur’an without
reading [physically] to ponder and contemplate and understand the meanings, but
the one who does this is not considered “a reader” [to have actually ‘read’ the
Qur’an] and he does not receive the virtue of actually reading unless he
pronounces the words and physically reads the Qur’an, even if those around him
cannot hear [i.e. it is not required to be loud, but physical pronunciation is
required though], due to the statement of the Prophet صلى
الله عليه و سلم “Read the Qur’an for indeed it will come as an Intercessor
for its companions on the Day of Judgment”[Muslim].
The Prophet صلى
الله عليه و سلم intended by the ‘companions of it’
i.e. those who act upon it, as it mentioned in other narration.
Similarly the Prophet صلى
الله عليه و سلم said,”Whoever reads a letter of the
Qur’an so for him is a reward, and every reward is 10-fold of its example”[at-Tirmidhy
& ad-Daarimy with an authentic chain].
And a person is not considered a “reader”
unless he utters [and pronounces that reading], just as the people of knowledge
have stated that”.
[Paraphrased from
official website of Shaikh Bin Baz | http://www.binbaz.org.sa/mat/2013]
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Source: https://twitter.com/AbuMuadhTaqweem/media, 5/27/18, 1:10 AM
