The Reward of One Who Recites the Qur’an Haltingly

Question

In the chapter on the merits of the Noble Qur’an in [Sunan] al-Nasa’i and Ibn Majah there is a hadith stating that one who recites haltingly receives a double reward, while one who recites fluently receives a single reward. Is this not contrary to reason and to justice? What answer have the muhaddithun (scholars of hadith) given to this? Kindly give the answer in plain Urdu, in detail and with proof. Please explain, that I may be rewarded.

Answer

Since reciting haltingly involves greater hardship (mashaqqa), it is stated that such a person receives a double reward: one for the recitation itself, and another for bearing the hardship. One who recites fluently does not experience this hardship, and so receives only the reward for the recitation; the purpose of this [hadith] is to draw attention and inclination towards the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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