Jazakum Allahu khaira.

Um Anas,

The sheikh did not say only Fatiha, but was answering a specific question. As for the salaf, it is authentically narrated that they would open their meetings and close them with the reading of Sura al-‘Asr, and Malik would open his classes with the reading of the first of Sura al-Hujurat. Thus, one of the ways of the salaf was to recite the Qur’an before a gathering and at its closure, inshallah.

SDW

May Allah bless the shaykh and reward him. ameen.

I do have one question, because I completely agree with the shaykh concerning the how the recitation of the Qur’an is always virtuous and should be done, yet I don’t see why people would chose only surat al-faatiha. Why not surat al-Ikhlaas, or surat al-Maa’oon or any other surah? I am not a scholar, but I do support the position of many of the salaf who considered the sunnah of the Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam and his companions as sufficient and they stopped there.

Wa Allahu A’lam.

i’ve always wondered about that since coming form a Somali background i see a lot of the elderly reciting Al Fatiha at the end of a dua especially in a gathering. I had issues with it but deep down i though we are all reciting Fatiha to ourselves and anytime the Quran is recited is a good thing.

Alhamdulilah. May Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala shower his mercy on our scholars and the students of knowledge. Ameen