that Qur’?n must be recited in all our Sal?t -as all ‘Ulamah and the Sah?bah before them held’. (1)

Were reciting Qurn’?n in Sal?t secretly valid, the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) wouldn’t have told the Sah?b? -who did his Sal?t improperly- to recite whatever he wishes of the Qur’?n, for reciting necessitates the movement of the tongue literally and in shar’; All?h ( - عز وجل -) said:

[ لا تحرّك به لسانك لتعجل به]

‘ Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur’?n, O Muhammad ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) to make haste there with’. (2)

On the basis of this view, Some ‘Ulamh -who believe in the prohibition of reciting Qur’?n when one is in his/ her post sexual intercourse state, allowed such persons to recite it only by heart.

An-Nawaw? said: ‘The one in post sexual intercourse state, the woman in her menstrual period and in her post partum state are permitted to read the Qur’?n only by heart without articulating it, so is the case with reading from the Musahf’. (3)

Muhammad Ibn Rushd Said: ‘As for reading Qur’?n by heart without articulating it by the tongue, it is not considered a real reading, for reading is the articulation of the tongue for which one is rewarded. All?h ( - عز وجل -) said: [ لها ما كسبت وعليها ما اكتسبت]

‘ A person gets reward for that (good) he / she has earned, and is punished for what (evil) he / she has earned’. (4) The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) said: ‘Indeed All?h ( - عز وجل -) over looks one’s evil intentions’. (5) All?h ( - عز وجل -) does not punish a person for the evil one thinks to do till one does it, so is the case with that which is good; a Muslim is not rewarded for it unless he does it. Rewards for good deeds are indeed granted if one does them physically or verbally such as reciting the Qur’?n. (6)