individual reads one juz' (part) of the Qur'aan, claiming that the
entire Qur'aan will have been read in this gathering. Is this
permissible or is it counted as being bid'ah (innovation)?
Praise be to Allaah.
In my opinion the action mentioned is not permissible, and I do not
recall anything of this kindbeing reported from the Salaf. A person
will only berewarded for what he himself reads or listens to in order
to benefit from it. But if another person reads and he does not
listen, the reward for that will go to the person who read it. These
people are not considered to have completed the whole Qur'aan; but if
each personhas read a juz' he will be rewarded for that. But they
should not do this; either one person should read and the others
listen, or each person should read by himself without making a
connection between his reading and that of the others.
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