Are there any statements from Maliki scholars deeming the communal recitation of the Quran a bid'ah (innovation), and what are the accredited references that mention this?
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The Maliki school dislikes collective recitation and remembrance (dhikr), as well as the gathering of reciters to recite from a single surah. They consider this an innovation (bid'ah) that was not the practice of the people, and some Hanafi scholars agree with them on this point.
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