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Holding Quraan while performing Salah

Answered as per Hanafi Fiqh by Tafseer Raheemi

Question

Can we hold the Quran during Taraweeh salah and follow the recitation of Imam?

Answer

No, amale katheer negates the salah. People are unaware of this and make excessive movements. Here in Haram, some ladies hold babies and play with them, give them feeding bottles, open and close the bottles during salah; One person was  texting during salah and one teenager kept on biting his nails throughout 4 rak’at salah. If you do something and those who see you, think that your not praying salah, then this is amale katheer and it makes salah faasid.

If we allow holding of the Quran, then there is no need for a hafiz and Anybody can hold the Quran and lead the taraweeh salah. In the US some people have a projector in front of the Imam and he reads from there and turns pages with a device in his hand. Also there is the masa’la of tashabbuh – In other religions, people hold their books in hands when reading from them.

Also when you listen and follow, then your mind will not be focused on the salah, you will be concentrating on staying with the Imam. This is against the aim of salah. Also many people hold the Quran and read with the Imam, this is not allowed, as in the verse 204 of chapter 7:

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْآنُ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ وَأَنصِتُوا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

When the Qur’an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your peace: that ye may receive Mercy. (07:204)

This answer was collected from Tafseer-Raheemi.com the official website of Sheikh Abdul Raheem Limbada (Hafizahullah) of UK.

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