Reciting scattered verses out of order at the khatm of the Qur’an

Question

A certain hafiz, at the khatm of the Qur’an in tarawih, recites up to “muflihun” and then in the same rak‘a recites scattered verses (not in order), supplications and the like. And some other hafizes too have the practice, at the completion of the Noble Word, of reciting various verses out of order in the last rak‘a.

Answer

The Qur’an should be recited only in order; reciting it contrary to the order is makruh. Some scholars have made an exception for nafl prayers. About Hujjat al-Islam Hazrat Mawlana Nanotwi ﵋ too we have heard precisely this: at the khatm of the Qur’an he would recite scattered verses and supplications, and order was probably not observed in them either; perhaps he adopted this…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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