The Obligation of Learning Tajwid to Read the Qur'an in the Correct Manner

Question:
May Allah reward you with good. One of the listening brothers asks and says: I am a young man who loves to read the Noble Qur'an, but without tajwid, because I have not received sufficient education. A friend came to me and said, "Do not read the Qur'an except under a shaykh." I ask your honor for the truth of that friend's statement? And is it not permissible to read except under a shaykh? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If it is possible for you to read the Qur'an under a reciter who is proficient in recitation, in order to learn from him how to read in the correct manner, then this is obligatory. But if it is not possible and you do not find someone to read the Qur'an under, then you read according to your own ability, even if there is difficulty for you in your recitation, for that is greater in reward. Allah the Exalted said: The result is that you do not abandon reading the Qur'an and attempting to read to the best of your ability. Yes.