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Thesalka is atilawa during the meeting of themurids in azawiya or a mosque to continuously recite the entireQuran.[3]
Saliks andtolbas recite thesalka periodically to demonstrate their memorization in the zawiyas andmadrasas.[4][5]
Muslims used also to perform thesalka topsalmody the wholeQuran either for death, childbirth, marriage contract, or moving to a new residence.[6][7]
While theHizb Rateb consists of reciting ajuz' of the Quran before or after one of the obligatory Islamicsalawate (prayer), thesalka consists of meeting in a place where believers continuously recite all of the sixtyhizbs of the Quran fromAl-Fatiha toAn-Nas.[8][9]
