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A Shaykh Who Wishes to Complete the Qur'an in Ramadan: Is It Permissible for Him to Read the Qur'an from the Beginning in the Obligatory Prayers with Audible Recitation?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: The scholars have stated that it is recommended for the imam in Ramadan to have the worshippers hear the entire Qur'an. This is burdensome for some imams. If this is limited to the tarawih and night prayers only, is it permissible for them to read the Qur'an from the beginning in the obligatory prayers with audible recitation, and then continue with it in the tarawih, and so on?

Answer:
O my brothers, the one who is unable to read the Qur'an in the tarawih from the beginning of the month to the end should not become an imam. Leave the imamate to the one who is able. As for incorporating the obligatory prayers into the tarawih, and reading from the Qur'an in them until he completes it, this is something the Salaf did not do. It has a known status. We do not innovate anything on our own.
The Qur'an is read in its entirety in the tarawih, from the first night to the last night, and it is completed on the last night of the tarawih. The recitation of the obligatory prayers is a separate recitation. As for the one who is not prepared to complete the Qur'an in the tarawih with the tahajjud prayer, he should not be an imam.
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacityلَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:286]
He should appoint another imam who is able to carry this out. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [29 -954] إمام أراد ختم القرآن في رمضان هل له أن يقرأ القرآن من أوله في الصلوات الجهرية المفروضة.. — youtube.com

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