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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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How does one who cannot read obtain the reward for reciting the Qur'an?

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Question:
She says: I do not read the Qur'an because I am not educated. Is the reward for listening to the Qur'an counted for me as if I had read it, or not?

Answer:
The Muslim reads whatever he has memorized of the Qur'an; it is not obligatory for him to read the entire Qur'an, but he reads what he has memorized from it. Allah the Exalted said:
so recite what is easyفَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ
[Al-Muzzammil 73:20]
The one who reads the Qur'an in its entirety, that is good. And the one who does not memorize it, or who is not skilled in reading it, or who can only read some of the surahs or some of the parts, he reads all of it, and all praise is due to Allah, and it is all equal in reward. So he reads whatever he can of the Qur'an in Ramadan and in other times. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف ينال أجر قراءة القرآن من لا يستطيع القراءة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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