Schedule for the Halqahs [learning sessions] of the weekly Ijtima’ (overseas), 10 June 2021

1.   Short Bayan on different topics: 5 minutes

2.   Memorising Du’a: 5 minutes

3.   Fikr-e-Madinah: 5 minutes

4.   Total duration: 15 minutes

Remaining etiquettes of recitation

*   Reciting ‘اَعُوْذُ’ is Mustahab in the beginning of recitation, and it is Sunnah to recite ‘بِسْمِ اللہ’ in the beginning of a Surah, otherwise it is Mustahab. (Siraat-ul-Jinaan, vol. 1, p. 21)

*   Reciting the Quran by looking is better than reciting it off by heart. (Siraat-ul-Jinaan, vol. 1, p. 21)

*   Two thousand good deeds are written for reciting the Quran by looking at it, and one thousand good deeds are written for reciting the Quran by heart (without looking). (Kanz-ul-Ummal, Raqm 2301, vol. 1, p. 260, summarised)

*   It is Mustahab to cry whilst reciting the Quran. (Siraat-ul-Jinaan, vol. 5, p. 526)

*   It is obligatory on all the attendees to listen when the Quran is being recited out aloud, if those people have attended with the intention of listening to the Quran. Otherwise, it is sufficient for one of them to be listening, even if others are busy in doing something else. (Siraat-ul-Jinaan, vol. 1, p. 22)

*   It is Haraam for everyone to be reciting loudly. If people are reading loudly, the rule is to recite quietly. (Siraat-ul-Jinaan, vol. 1, p. 22)

*   One should not recite the entire Quran in less than three days, rather he should complete the entire Quran in at least 3 days, or 7