Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
Part of the etiquette of reciting Qur'aan is for the reciter to always
say Bismillah ir-Rahmaan ir-Raheem (In the name ofAllah, the Most
Gracious, the Most Merciful) at the beginning of every soorah, except
Soorat at-Tawbah.
Imam an-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: He should always
recite Bismillah ir-Rahmaan ir-Raheem at the beginning of every soorah
except Soorat Baraa'ah (at-Tawbah), because the majority of scholars
said that it is a verse wherever it is written in the Mushaf, andit
was written at the beginning of all the soorahs except Soorat
at-Tawbah. If he recites it at the beginning of every soorah (other
than at-Tawbah), then there is certainty that he had recited the
entire Qur'aan or soorah, and if he fails to recite the Basmalah,
hehas omitted part of the Qur'aan according to the majority.
End quote from at-Tibyaan fi Adaab Hamalat al-Qur'aan, 100.
But if he recites from partway through a soorah, he does not have to
recite the Basmalah and it is sufficient for him to seek refuge with
Allah (by saying A'oodhu Billaahi min ash-Shaytaan ir-rijeem (I seek
refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytaan), but if he does say the
Basmalah there is nothing wrong with that. For more information please
see the answer to question no. 21722
Secondly:
The reason why the Basmalah does not appear at the beginning of Soorat
at-Tawbah is that the Sahaabah (may Allah be pleased with them) did
not write it at the beginning of this soorah in the Mushaf, following
the example of the caliph 'Uthmaan (may Allah be pleased with him).
At-Tirmidhi narratedin as-Sunan that Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allah be pleased
with him) said: "I said to 'Uthmaan ibn 'Affaan: 'What made you put
al-Anfaal which is oneof the Mathaani, next to Baraa'ah [al-Tawbah],
which is one of the Mi'een? Why did you not put the line Bismillaah
ir-Rahmaan ir-Raheem in between them when you put it at the beginning
of the rest of al-Sab' al-Tiwaal [the long seven soorahs]?" 'Uthmaan
said:"The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) used to receive revelation of soorahs with many aayahs. When they
were revealed, he would call hisscribes and tell them, 'Put these
aayahs in the soorah where such-and-such is mentioned.' Al-Anfaal was
one of the first soorahs to be revealed in Madeenah, and Baraa'ah
(al-Tawbah) was one of the last parts of the Qur'aan to be revealed.
Its stories were similar to the stories mentioned in al-Anfaal, soit
was thought that it waspart of it. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) was taken [i.e., died] without
explaining whether it was indeed part of it, so they were put next to
one another, and the line Bismillaahi ir'Rahmaan ir'Raheem was not
written between them, and it [al-Tawbah] was put among the Sab'
al-Tiwaal [seven long soorahs]."
End quote from Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa'imah, 4/225
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy onhim) said: … The correct
opinion is that there is no Basmalah between it (Soorat at-Tawbah) and
al-Anfaal, because the Basmalah is a verse of theBook of Allah, may He
be glorified and exalted, and if the Messenger (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) did not say to put the Basmalah between the two
soorahs, they did not put it between them. The Prophet (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) is the one who decided and said: Put the
Basmalah, and he did not tell them to put the Basmalah between
Sooratal-Anfaal and Soorat at-Tawbah, so they did not write it. But it
remainsto be said: if he did not give instructions to this effect, why
is there a separation between it andSoorat al-Anfaal? Why didthey not
make it one soorah? We say: Yes, they did not make it one soorah
because they wereuncertain as to whether itwas the same soorah as
al-Anfaal or they were two separate soorahs, so they said: Let us make
a separation between the two soorahs and not write the Basmalah. This
is the correct opinion concerning the absence ofthe Basmalah between
Soorat al-Anfaal and Soorat at-Tawbah.
End quote from Liqa' al-Baab al-Maftooh, no. 18
And Allah knows best.
No comments:
Post a Comment