Reciting “ما أحسن تقويم” instead of “في أحسن تقويم”

Question

If, while reciting in prayer, a person recites “لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانُ” with a damma instead of “لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ”, and recites “مَا أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ” instead of “فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ” (Surah al-Tin, 95:4), will the prayer be valid or not?

Answer

Yes, even in this way the meaning will not be distorted but will remain correct; the prayer will be valid. But one should not do so deliberately.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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