Khatams

Q: I would like to get our close family members to coordinate the reading and Khatam of Qur'an for the Marhooms in our family. It will NOT be forced on anyone. Only those happy to join will join. It seems to me that this is a good method of reminding each other to read the Qur'an - as most people are now days very distracted and forget. We wish to use the mobile phone app called whatsapp to coordinate this effort. We will only use it as a communication tool to remind each other. Similar to how we might remind each other with written letters or direct meeting and talking but since people live so far apart (worldwide ) - this app is very convenient to set up an effort of this kind. What is your kind opinion on this idea? Someone told me it is not a good idea. Subhanallah I could not see the harm in reminding and organizing people to read the Qur'an however we can. Please educate me.

Q: I am part of a whatsapp group and we have decided that rather then just chatting and posting articles and news, we can do some good deeds together as a group. So alhamdulillah we have started a monthly Quraan Khatam. There is absolutely no force on those who can not manage or be part of the khatam. If anyone cannot manage their para for the month it is passed over to someone who can recite it. After the khatam is made we make the intention of isaale thawaab for all the marhoomeen. After a few months of this khatam which was going very well, somebody said to me that this practice is bid'ah as we have stipulated a time frame of this amal to one month and that we should stop this practice as it has no basis in deen. He also mentioned that our actions needs to be done with sincerity and not for show so it should not be done as a group. I do not want to perform any innovations in deen and I am really concerned. Some of the members are such that if it wasn't for this monthly khatam they would not have opened the Quraan not only for the entire month but rather for the entire year. Should I inform the members of the group and stop this practice or should it be continued?

Q: My uncle is sick. The family has decided to make a khatam for him and have given different family members different paras to read in their own time. Is it permissible for me to read the para given to me?

Q: We as a family have a Whatsapp group on the mobile phone as we all live in different areas. It includes all the young married nephews and nieces, some of their spouses, some aunts and uncles. One person has decided we read Quraan Khatam every month by taking 1 or more paras each for esal-e-swaab for the marhums

1) Is this acceptable?

2) By making it a monthly must do, are we making it an innovation

3) Is it advisable to be part of these type of groups on the mobile phone?

Q: I have a question about the practice of Quran Kahaani and Ayat-e-Karima, are these practices considered as Bidaah?

Quran Khani–> A practice in which a group of people or a group of huffaz sit together and complete the recitation of one complete Qur'an and after this act a dua is made and later some hadiya and/or food is served to the group.

Ayat-e-karim–> A practice in which a group of people gather together and recite tasbi-e-Younus about 125,000 times and after completion of this some dua is done and later either some hadiya is given and/or food is served to the group.

My understating is that these practices will not fall under Bidaah, if two conditions are met:

1. If this practice is not considered as an essential part of the Deen, but only done to receive Mercy and Blessing from Allah and for the purpose of Esala Sawab.

2. If this practice is not restricted to a particulate date and time.

I also believe that these acts are extremely virtuous, if our purpose and intentions are clear and if all the laws of Shari'ah are met and not violated during these practices.

The following are the benefits of this practice:

1. Jamaaths or gathering’s always have blessings for example salaat with Jamaat is more virtuous about 27 times better than one that’s done individually.

2. Recitation of Qur'an or Tasbi-e-yunus is a very blessed act, and none accept the ignorant can deny this fact.

3. Serving of food and drink to the students or huffaaz, is again a blessed act.

4. Allah doesn’t reject a dua that’s done in Jamaat.

5. The environment in the house is restored with blessings, due to the presence of jamaat and recitation of Qur'an and Zikr, compared to the modern Muslim houses that are polluted by TV, music and non Shar'iah acts.

Please provide a detailed explaining on this subject, as I need to forward this to my friends.

Q: Generally, we hear people mention that duas are accepted upon the completion of the Qur'aan. Is this correct? If yes, then after which type of khatam will duas be accepted, when one completes the Qur'aan individually or when the khatam takes place in a madrasah jalsah?