Question
Every year at our place in Ghana a Qur'aan recitation function is organized. Reciters are paid sums of money. Are these functions permissible?
Answer
The yearly Qur'aan function which is organized in your locality is bid'ah. Everyone should recite the Qur'aan daily – every day of one's life until Maut. Yearly functions are bid'ah. The money paid for reciting the Qur'aan is haraam.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 22 No 08
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- 3
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