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Is it permissible to collectively recite the Qur’an aloud and with tajwid, with the intention that the congregants will repeat after the imam in the future, knowing that imams in Morocco are compelled to do so?

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A group of scholars disliked the communal recitation of the Qur’an in one voice, as it leads to neglecting listening and paying attention, and causes some of them to interfere with others. The Maliki school of thought holds it to be disliked (makruh). However, if the Imam insists on it for the purpose of teaching people how to recite, there is no harm in it. As for believing in its فضيلة (virtue) at a specific time, such as after prayers, that is an innovation (bid’ah). The Imam should not agree to an innovation, but if he is compelled to do so out of fear of a greater harm, then there is no blame on him, provided his intention is to teach people the correct recitation and the rules of Tajweed, thus transforming the innovation into an act of obedience. As for the Imam reciting and the attendees repeating after him in one voice, that is disliked (makruh).

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