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Is the recitation of the Qur'an by a pregnant wife recommended or an innovation (bid'ah) with the intention of seeking blessings for the child in the mother's womb?

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Reading the Quran is goodness, blessing, healing, and light. There is nothing to prevent a pregnant woman or other sick people from reading the Quran for healing and blessing, and it does not prevent the blessing of the recitation from reaching the fetus.

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