His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "The people are led by the one among them who is most proficient in reciting the Book of Allah." Does "most proficient" mean the one with the best recitation or the one who has memorized the most?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) , does the term "al-Aqrā'" refer to the one who recites most beautifully, or the one who has memorized the most?

Answer:
No, it means the one with the best recitation; that is, the one who is proficient in reading and does not make grammatical errors in it. He is proficient in terms of grammar, not in terms of the science of tajwid (rules of Qur'anic recitation), but in terms of grammar, so that he does not make a nominative case accusative or an accusative case genitive, or rather, he must read it with correct grammatical structure. This is the meaning of proficiency in recitation. Yes.