Ruling on going to distant mosques in order to pray behind one who recites Qur’aan well
In our city there is a man who recites Quran well and is humble in his prayer. People come to him from distant cities. What is the ruling on those people coming? Is it valid, or do they come under the prohibition mentioned in the hadith: No one should travel especially to visit a mosque except three: al-Masjid al-Haram [in Makkah] al-Masjid al-Aqsa [in al-Quds/Jerusalem] and my Mosque [in Madinah]”? (Narrated by al-Bukhari in Fadl as-Salah, 1197). We hope that you can advise us.
Praise be to Allah.
We do not see anything wrong with that, rather that comes under the heading of travelling in order to seek knowledge and gain understanding of the Quran and to listen to it from one who recites it with the best voice. Travelling for that purpose does not come under the heading of the kind of travel that is forbidden. Moosa (peace be upon him) undertook a great journey with al-Khidr (peace be upon him) to the place where the two seas met, in order to seek knowledge. The scholars among the Sahabah and those who came after them continued to travel from one region to another, from one country to another, in pursuit of knowledge. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever follows a route in pursuit of knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise.” (Muslim, adh-Dhikr wad-Dua’, 2699)
Shaykh Ibn Baz, Majallat al-Buhooth, no. 42, p. 137
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Praise be to Allah.
We do not see anything wrong with that, rather that comes under the heading of travelling in order to seek knowledge and gain understanding of the Quran and to listen to it from one who recites it with the best voice. Travelling for that purpose does not come under the heading of the kind of travel that is forbidden. Moosa (peace be upon him) undertook a great journey with al-Khidr (peace be upon him) to the place where the two seas met, in order to seek knowledge. The scholars among the Sahabah and those who came after them continued to travel from one region to another, from one country to another, in pursuit of knowledge. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever follows a route in pursuit of knowledge, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise.” (Muslim, adh-Dhikr wad-Dua’, 2699)
Shaykh Ibn Baz, Majallat al-Buhooth, no. 42, p. 137
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