If you are a Maliki, then the answer is no unless you do so with regard to the other madhabs that might be praying behind you. al-Adawi addresses this in his Hashyiah of Abi Zaid's risalah. However, if you are praying behind others you should not read it according to the school.

SDW

Jazak'Allah for the post, very pertinent for our time as we have people in the west from all the madhabs mixing together and differences are commonly misunderstood.

I hope you don't mind me asking a semi-related question. After reciting Sura al-Fatiha and we recite another portion of the Qur'an, if we do not recite a Sura from the beginning (E.g. Last 3 verses of al-Hashr) do we say the basmala or not?

Jazak'Allah.

Went and the sheikh was not there. Anways, I hope I get the rewards for the steps taken.

SDW

Akhi Osman! Are you going to the hadith dars tonight in 'Atabah?

SDW

This was beautiful. JazakumAllahu khair for sharing this with us. It seems we can learn a number of things from such stories such as:

1. Wisdom of the scholars – Things are deeper than the simplistic understanding of making everything black and white, my way or the highway. They take everything into account before giving fatawa and opinions.

2. Leniency and being open-minded – The importance of taking other people's opinions into consideration and their customs and practices. This allows for us to function better, especially since we have such diverse communities in the West.

3. Respect the students should have for their teachers – The best answers are not always in books, knowledge is
taken from the scholars and sitting humbly before them.

4. Sincere Advice – If someone has advice or something of benefit to say, he may even share it with a scholar.

5. Humility – The Sheikh happily accepted the evidence and narration from someone else, and even though the narrator misquoted, the sheikh was gentle and encouraging.

6. The Gentle Character of Real Scholars – How many students and people are frightened and scared to open their mouth or ask a question to a scholar these days? The real scholar is one whom the people trust, love, respect, and feel comfortable around. Of course, this means the scholar must be sitting and giving his time to the masses.

7. Importance of Memorization – The Sheikh was keen to realize the narration was attributed to someone who could not have narrated this. The value of memorizing should never be belittled, as hifz has preserved this ummah in so many ways (the Quran, hadith, and everything derived from them).

8. Importance of the Arabic Language – The vast majority of our scholarship has always communicated in Arabic. In order to benefit from and even transmit these gems, we need to be functional in understanding this beautiful language.