Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 561

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بَابُ الْحَثِّ عَلَى سُوَرٍ وَآيَاتٍ مَخْصُوصَةٍ

183 - Chapter: Encouraging the recitation of specific chapters and verses.

الْإِنْسَانُ مَثَلًا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ بَدَلَ قِرَاءَةِ الْفَاتِحَةِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لَمْ تُجْزِئْهُ؛ لِأَنَّ هُنَاكَ فَرْقًا بَيْنَ الْمُعَادَلَةِ فِي الْأَجْرِ وَالْمُعَادَلَةِ فِي الْإِجْزَاءِ، قَدْ يَكُونُ الشَّيْءُ مُعَادِلًا لِلشَّيْءِ فِي أَجْرِهِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يُعَادِلُهُ فِي إِجْزَائِهِ، أَرَأَيْتُمْ مَثَلًا الْإِنْسَانَ إِذَا قَالَ: «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ كَانَ كَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَنْفُسٍ مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، يَعْنِي يُعَادِلُ عِتْقَ أَرْبَعَةِ رِقَابٍ، لَكِنْ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ، وَقَالَ هَذَا الذِّكْرَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ مَا أَجْزَأَتْ فَيَجِبُ أَنْ نَعْلَمَ الْفَرْقَ بَيْنَ الْمُعَادَلَةِ فِي الثَّوَابِ، وَالْمُعَادَلَةِ فِي الْإِجْزَاءِ، فَهِيَ تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي الثَّوَابِ، وَلَكِنَّهَا لَا تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي الْإِجْزَاءِ، وَلِهَذَا لَوْ قَرَأَهَا الْإِنْسَانُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَمْ تُجْزِئْهُ عَنِ الْفَاتِحَةِ، وَاللَّهُ الْمُوَفِّقُ. ١٠١٢ -

If someone recites a chapter three times instead of Al-Fatihah during prayer, it does not suffice. There is a distinction between equivalence in reward and equivalence in fulfilling a requirement. Something may be equal in reward to another but not equal in its legal sufficiency. Consider the person who says ten times: 'There is no god but Allah alone, He has no partner, to Him belongs the dominion and all praise, and He is capable of all things.' This is like freeing four slaves from the descendants of Ishmael. Yet, if someone were under a vow to free a slave, saying this phrase ten times would not fulfill that obligation. We must understand the difference between reward and legal validity. While a chapter may be equal to one-third of the Quran in reward, it is not equal to one-third of the Quran in terms of fulfilling the requirement of recitation. This is why reciting it three times in prayer does not replace Al-Fatihah. Allah is the Grantor of success.

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، قَالَ فِي: ﴿قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ﴾ إِنَّهَا تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ، رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ). ١٠١٣ -

1012 - Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said of 'Say, He is Allah, the One': 'It is equivalent to one-third of the Quran.' (Narrated by Muslim).

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Vocabulary · المفردات (15 verbs · 44 nouns)

• أَجْزَأَ — to suffice
• كَانَ — to be
• عَادَلَ — to equal
• بَاب — chapter
• حَثّ — encouragement
• سُورَة — surah