Egyptian Fatwa Official Addresses Playing Quran Recitations During Sleep

Sheikh Owaida Othman, a fatwa secretary at Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta, has addressed a question about the religious ruling on leaving Quran recitations playing while asleep.

The inquiry concerned playing the Quran in homes or shops during sleep, rather than listening to a recitation while awake.

The question touches on an everyday religious practice and whether a person’s inability to listen while sleeping affects its permissibility.

The available summary says Othman answered the inquiry but does not include his ruling or explanation. It therefore does not establish whether he permitted, discouraged or attached conditions to the practice.