Question: I spend some long hours cooking and that is to prepare the food for my husband. I am eager to benefit in this time, so I listen to the Noble Quran whether on the radio or tape. So is my action correct or is it not necessary for me to do this action because Allah the Exalted said:
وَإِذَا قُرِىءَ الْقُرْآنُ فَاسْتَمِعُواْ لَهُ وَأَنصِتُواْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
So, when the Quran is recited, listen to it, and be silent that you may receive mercy. [i.e. during the compulsory congregational prayers when the Imam (of a mosque) is leading the prayer (except Surat Al-Fatiha), and also when he is delivering the Friday-prayer Khutbah]. [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol.9, Pages 162-4]
Answer: “All praise is due to Allah. There is no harm to listen to the Noble Quran through the radio or recording and a person is working. And that does not contradict the His statement:
وَإِذَا قُرِىءَ الْقُرْآنُ فَاسْتَمِعُواْ لَهُ وَأَنصِتُواْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
So, when the Quran is recited, listen to it, and be silent that you may receive mercy. [i.e. during the compulsory congregational prayers when the Imam (of a mosque) is leading the prayer (except Surat Al-Fatiha), and also when he is delivering the Friday-prayer Khutbah]. [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol.9, Pages 162-4]
because the silence that is desired is according to the ability and the one who is busy is silent for the Quran in accordance to his ability”.
[Mu’alifaat al-Fawzan (7/103)]
Translator’s Note:
Shaikh Ibn ul-‘Uthaymeen rahimahullah was asked:
Question: What is the ruling on listening to the Quran while a person is busy?
Answer: “It is not necessary to do this. For it is obligatory to remain silent [when the Quran is recited]. Except if the work which he is in is does not busy him [from listening to the Quran], like washing the dishes and the likes of that”.
[Kanz uth-Thameen Fi Su’alaat Ibn Sunayd no. 12 pg. 6]
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
