Question:
Aslaamu Alykum, I have a question.
The question is that I have always been taught one is obligated to recite the Quran with tajweed correctly meaning he needs to say the letters from the correct articulation points.
But you see people in these times who are considered by some as scholars yet when the recite certain arabic phrases they do not say them with tajweed. For example when one say the term “Inshallah” he misses the letter “ayn” and instead says the letter “Alif” also he does not make the “laam” heavy in the name of Allah and at the end he misses the end letter which is “Haa” which is among the letters from the bottom of the throat. My question is that if one recites this badly can you take knowledge from such a person or even consider him a scholar?
Country: United Kingdom
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
The phrase “Insha’Allah,” is not spelled with an ‘ayn, but rather an alif: إن شاء الله. Thus, there is a good chance that you are correcting scholars on points they are right on with your own mistakes.
Issues on this topic are expounded upon in our fiqh works. Even amongst the ‘Arab people there are instances where the pronunciation of certain letters is found at odds with that letter’s makhraj, for instance the issue of “Qaf al-‘Arab.” (Bughyat al-Mustarshidin 55-56)
And Allah knows best.
Shafiifiqh.com Fatwa Dept.