Is it permissible to learn vocal maqamat in order to improve one’s recitation of the Qur’an?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible for me to learn vocal maqamat so that I can make my voice beautiful in the Qur’an?
Answer:
By Allah, I do not know these vocal maqamat of the Sufis. The vocal maqamat of the Sufis. What the people of language have are al-Hariri’s maqamat and al-Khwarizmi’s maqamat; that is what the people of language have. As for these vocal maqamat, they are with the Sufis. Do you want to become a Sufi? Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible for me to learn vocal maqamat so that I can make my voice beautiful in the Qur’an?
Answer:
By Allah, I do not know these vocal maqamat of the Sufis. The vocal maqamat of the Sufis. What the people of language have are al-Hariri’s maqamat and al-Khwarizmi’s maqamat; that is what the people of language have. As for these vocal maqamat, they are with the Sufis. Do you want to become a Sufi? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [707 -858] هل يجوز تعلم المقامات الصوتية لأجل تحسين تلاوة القرآن؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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