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Is a complete recitation of the Quran counted if the reading is only by heart, or not, and what is the ruling on moving the tongue after reading the fatwa?

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Reciting the Quran and engaging in remembrance (dhikr) by heart is a righteous deed, but it does not entail the promised reward for recitation, nor is a mental completion of the Quran counted among the number of completed recitations, even though it is a righteous deed.

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