Reciting the Noble Qur’an Without Observing Tajwid

Question

Question: (1) What is the method of reciting the Noble Qur’an? What should the lowest [acceptable] manner of reciting be? (2) For example, during tarawih the hafiz recites the Noble Qur’an from memory and recites so quickly that the letters of madd (waw, alif, ya) are not drawn out as long as they should be — for example, in the words of the Exalted [ar]لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا[/ar] ("law anzalna") he instead recites [ar]لَوْ أَنزَلْنَ[/ar] ("law anzaln"), without drawing out the alif (Surah al-Hashr, 59:21).

Answer

The Noble Qur’an should be recited observing tajwid and tartil (orderly, measured recitation). Deliberately abandoning tajwid and tartil is not correct. [ar]وَالْأَخْذُ بِالتَّجْوِيدِ حَتْمٌ لَازِمُ ٭ مَنْ لَمْ يُجَوِّدِ الْقُرْآنَ آثِمُ[/ar] "Applying tajwid is an absolute obligation; whoever does not apply tajwid in reciting the Qur’an is sinful" (from al-Muqaddima…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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