Question: Which is better, for the person to read the Qur’an completing his recitation numerous times or for them to read it carefully along with its explanation (Tafsir) once or twice during the month of Ramadhaan?
Answer: Wallaahi, if you read it once along with its explanation and understanding then this is better than reading it quickly in haste. And Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (May Allaah be pleased with him) when a man came to him and said to him, “Surely last night I read four parts of the Qur’an (from Surah Kafh to the End).” He said, “Verily I read this last night.” Ibn Mas’ud said to him, “This is like the hasty reading of poetry.” Therefore it is befitting for the person to read the Qur’an and reflect upon it. So, it is better for him to read it with its Tafsir (explanation) and take his time and ponder over it and seek help in reflecting upon it by what he reads from the Tafsir.
Translation Source: Masjid Tawheed Wa Sunnah of Durham, North Carolina
“(This is) a Book (the Qur’an) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember.” (Qur’an: 38: 29)
Shaykh Ahmad an-Najmee Defends Shaykh al-Albaanee and Shaykh Rabee’ bin Haadee al Madkhalee Against Accusations of Irjaa` –
The muftee of the province of Jeezaan, al-’Allaamah Ahmad an-Najmee is asked whether Shaykh al-Albaanee and Shaykh Rabee’ are Murji`ah and that they have entered al-Irjaa` into the Ummah.
Is Sheikh Rabee’ from the Kibaar al Ulamaa?
Sheikh Muhammad AbdulWahhab al Banna said:
“Who is in this time similar to him? He knows the reality of most of the callers. Who is like him? He knows with proof and evidence. He doesn’t speak about anyone except with the proof. That is why I say about Rabee’ Haadee is similar to Yahyah ibn Ma’een in this time. You must forgive me son I have become old I forget, now I am 90 years. Shiekh Ibn Baz rahimahullaah is the Umar ibn AbdulAziz in this era. And sheikh Nasrud Deen al Albaani rahimahullaah is the Ibn Taymiyyah of this era. and Sheikh Uthaimeen rahimahullaah is the Shaf’ee of this era. By Allaah, the most knowledgeable of our scholars in this time ibn Uthaimeen rahimahullaah and the most generous is Sheikh AbdulAziz ibn Baz rahimahullaah, And the most knowledgeable of those differences between people and knowing the truth is Sheikh al Albaani rahimahullaah, and the most knowledgeable ones of Rijaal (men) with proof and evidence is Sheikh Rabee’ Haadee May Allaah protect him. And May Allaah protect his ‘intellect.
When Sheikh al Albaani rahimahullaah showed the errors of Sayid Qutb and Abdullah Dawaish rahimahullaah no one moved but when Sheikh Rabee’ may Allaah be pleased with him, showed the misguidance of Sayid Qutb and he clarified it from his (Sayid Qutb’s) books and his situation in the past, the world was against Rabee’. He said it with openness and evidence. So may Allaah reward him and make him firm and may Allaah keep him alive to remove those who wear the clothes of salafiyyah in order to fight it. We ask Allaah to show their state and clarify them and keep their evil away from us.” Shaykh Ahmad an-Najmee was asked, during the dawrah in Jeddah on 25/5/1423H, “Is it correct that Shaykh Rabee was one of your students?”. The Shaykh replied, “Shaykh Rabee’ studied in the Institute, and I was also one who studied in the Institute, however Shaykh Rabee’ is better than me, because he is a Mujaahid in reviving the Sunan and killing off the Innovations, and refuting the Innovators, and he has tasked himself for this matter, and we ask Allaah that he grants us all success in that which He loves and is pleased with.”
