Is it permissible to read the Quran to test the mosque's loudspeakers?
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There is no harm in reading the Qur’an through the mosque’s loudspeakers to test them, and this is not considered a desecration of the Qur’an. Umar raised his voice in recitation during the night prayer to awaken the sleeper and drive away Satan, as stated in the . The reciter should intend the act as a means of drawing closer to Allah, and the testing of the loudspeakers will then occur as a secondary outcome.
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