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Saying "sadaq Allaahul-'Adtheem" after Question: What is the ruling regarding the saying of "sadaq Allaahul-'Adtheem" after finishing reading of the
Qur'ân?
This is the answer Sheikh Bin Baz gave to a question on the status of saying
"sadaqa allahu al-atheem" after reciting Qur'an according to the way
of the Salaf-us-Salih: "Praise be to Allah. I do not know any basis for the people's habit of saying "sadaqa allahu
al-atheem" when they finish reading Qur'an, so it should not be taken as a
habit. Indeed according to the principles of sharee'ah it is more like bida'a,
if any believes it is sunnah. So this should not be done and shouldnot be taken
as a habit. With regard to the ayat: "Say O Muhammad: Allah has spoken the
truth" (Al-Imran 3:95) - this is not speaking about this matter. Rather Allah was
commanding him to explain to the people that Allah has spoken the truth in what
he has said, in His books, the Tawrat, etc., and that he has spoken the truth in
all that He had said to His slaves in the Tawrat the Injeel and all other
revealed books. And he was speaking the truth in all that he said his slaves in his book the
Qur'an. But this is not evidence that it is mustahabb to say "sadaqa allahu al-atheem"
after reading the Qur'an or after reading some ayahs or a surah. This is not reported or known from the Prophet SAWS or his companions (radi
allahu anhum). When Ibn Masood recited to the Prophet SAWS from the beginning of surat ul
nisa'a until he reached the ayat: "How will it be then, when we bring from each nation a witness and we
bring you o muhammad as a witness against these people?" the Prophet SAWS said to him "Enough" Ibn Masood said: "I turned and saw that his eyes were filled with
tears", i.e. he was weeping of the mention of this great status on the Day
of Resurrection which is mentioned in this ayat, Where Allah says: "How
will it be then, when we bring from each nation a witness and we bring you - O
Muhammad - as a witness against these people" (i.e. his ummah) The point here is that there is no basis in sharee'ah for adding these words
"sadaqa allahu al-atheem" when finished reading the Qur'an. What is
prescribed is not to do this, in accordance with the example of the Prophet SAWS
and his companions (radi allahu anhum). But if a person does that sometimes,
without intending to, it doesn't matter, for Allah speaks the truth in all
matters, may he be glorified and exalted. But making a habit every time one
reads the Qur'an, as many people do now adays, has no basis, as stated
above." Kitaab Majmoo Fatawaa wa Maqaalat Mutanaawi'ah li Samaahat Ash-Sheikh Al-Ulamaa
Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdullah Ibn Baz
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