The
Hizb Rateb is a group
tilawa of the
Quran with one voice, in
mosques,
zawiyas,
kuttabs and
Quranic schools. This custom has been practised in the
Maghreb countries since the tenth hijri century under the
Almohad Caliphate, after Sheikh created the rules for collective reading with one tone. It has an allocated and known times, because it may be recitated after the
Fajr prayer or after the
Maghrib prayer. It may also be recitated before the
Zuhr prayer or before the
Asr prayer. Thus, in the countries of the
Maghreb, the
muslims used to recite the
Quran together in what is known as the
Hizb Rateb, in line with the current custom in these states. == See also ==