What is Istiazah and Basmallah or Bismillah?

What is Istiazah?

Istiazah or Istiadah means to seek Allah’s refuge from the accursed Satan. The following is one way of istiazah:

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

“I seek refuge in Allah from the rejected satan.”

When to say Istiazah?

Istiazah is usually done:

1. Before beginning the recitation of the Holy Quran
2. Before beginning Salah
3. While recitation: for example, if you stop for some worldly affair and then decide to continue with the recitation, you should begin with Istiazah

Recitation of Istiazah is mustahab (preffered or liked).

Shall Istiazah be recited loudly or silently?

If you are reciting the Quran loud then you should read the Istiazah loudly. Similarly, if you are reciting silently then Istiazah should be said silently.

What is Bamallah or Bismillah?

Basmallah or Bismillah means reciting:

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“In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful.”

The purpose of reciting basmallah is to ask for Allah’s blessings.

When to say Basmallah?

Recitation of Basmallah is Wajib (obligatory) at the beginning of each Surah with the exception of Surah Taubah.

Rules of saying Istiazah and Basmallah before starting Recitation of the Quran

• Joining all the three appropriately.

• Joining Istiazah with Basmallah appropriately.

• Joining Basmallah with the beginning of Surah.

• Stopping between all three.

Rules of reciting the Basmallah between two surahs

There are four ways of continuing recitation. Three of them are allowed while one is no allowed.

• Joining all the three appropriately.

• Joining Basmallah with the new Surah.

• Stopping between all the three.

• Not allowed.