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Is it permissible for the imam to recite using different recitations in the prayer?

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Question : A person says: I recite the Qur'an by reviewing it so that I do not forget the recitations, so that I do not mix them up. Is this permissible?

Answer : Yes. First, we mentioned that reciting with a recitation that is not well-known among the general public is an error, because the general public do not know it. For example, if the reciter recites
O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigateيَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا
[Al-Hujurat 49:6]
, we say it is an error. So confirm, yes, confirm. We say it is an error to recite it in front of the general public. Why? Because they will be repelled by it, and their reverence for the Qur'an will decrease, and perhaps Satan will cast doubts into their hearts. As for between you and yourself, or with students of knowledge, there is no harm. In fact, it is better for one who has knowledge of the recitations to recite with this one time and that one another time, just as it is better to vary the acts of worship, doing this one time and that another time, so that he attains the Sunnah in all its aspects.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 4595 - 4600 هل للإمام أن يقرأ بالقراءات في الصلاة؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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