{"id":32774,"date":"2024-10-17T11:11:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T11:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=32774"},"modified":"2024-11-23T16:49:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T16:49:05","slug":"does-reading-the-last-10-surahs-of-the-quran-lessen-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/does-reading-the-last-10-surahs-of-the-quran-lessen-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Reading The Last 10 Surahs Of The Qur\u2019an Lessen Traffic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 07547<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Alimah Saleha Bukhari Islam<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I have been told that reading the last 10 surahs of the Qur\u2019an will lessen traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">My question is, does this have any basis, and if not, what is the permissibility of it being acted upon and hoping for Allah&#8217;s help whilst doing so? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Also, such virtues have seemed to help specific people without exact proof in religious texts, what is the permissibility of doing these and hoping for the same virtue? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Another example would be reading surah qalam onto a pen and hoping for benefit in an exam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">With regards to the last 10 surahs of the Quran being recited to lessen traffic, this has no legal basis from the laws of Shariah for it to be acted upon. The Quran and Hadith are full of prescribed dua\u2019s which are there to be practised in the hope of blessings in the outcome of the practice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Certain dua\u2019s if prescribed by Ulama who practice them and have yielded results may also be practised, you may contact your local Imam, scholars or teachers for advice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The example of reading surah qalam onto a pen and hoping for benefit in an exam is not specifically prescribed. However, generally, one may recite the Quran and prescribed dua\u2019s in the hope of blessings and barakah in any given activity. This is from the blessings of Islam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">An example of a dua from the Quran for travelling which may be used is where Allah \ufdfa says:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">{That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favour of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">[Surah Zukhruf, v13-14] <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Transliteration of the dua from the above verses:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">[Subhaanal lazee sakhkhara lana haaza wa maa kunnaa lahoo muqrineen. Wa innaaa ilaa Rabbinaa lamunqaliboon.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allah <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(\u0639\u0632 \u0648 \u062c\u0644) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">knows best.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Alimah Saleha Bukhari Islam<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0644\u0650\u062a\u064e\u0633\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0648\u064f\u06e5\u0627\u06df \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u0638\u064f\u0647\u064f\u0648\u0631\u0650\u0647\u0650\u06e6 \u062b\u064f\u0645\u0651\u064e \u062a\u064e\u0630\u0652\u0643\u064f\u0631\u064f\u0648\u0627\u06df \u0646\u0650\u0639\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0629\u064e \u0631\u064e\u0628\u0650\u0651\u0643\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0625\u0650\u0630\u064e\u0627 \u0671\u0633\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0648\u064e\u064a\u0652\u062a\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0647\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0642\u064f\u0648\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0627\u06df \u0633\u064f\u0628\u0652\u062d\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0646\u064e \u0671\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0630\u0650\u0649 \u0633\u064e\u062e\u0651\u064e\u0631\u064e \u0644\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0647\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0630\u064e\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0643\u064f\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627 \u0644\u064e\u0647\u064f\u06e5 \u0645\u064f\u0642\u0652\u0631\u0650\u0646\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0648\u064e\u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0653 \u0625\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u0631\u064e\u0628\u0650\u0651\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0644\u064e\u0645\u064f\u0646\u0642\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0628\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 07547 &nbsp; &nbsp; Answered by: Alimah Saleha Bukhari Islam &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; I have been told that reading the last 10 surahs of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32774"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33937,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32774\/revisions\/33937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}