The ruling on pronouncing the letter haa with Allahu Akbar due to the imam's weakness
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. This is Abu 'Abdullah from Riyadh. He says: There is an imam of a mosque who is old in age, and his recitation and prayer are good, praise be to Allah. But when he says the takbir for ruku' or sujud, O Shaykh, perhaps the breath becomes heavy for him due to his old age, so he pronounces the interpretation by saying "Haa Allahu Akbar," meaning we hear him pronounce the letter haa along with Allahu Akbar. Is there anything wrong with that, and is our prayer valid?
Answer:
Your prayer and his prayer are valid, if Allah wills. This is not an addition of letters, but rather, as the questioner mentioned, it is due to the weakness of this old Shaykh. It is merely an addition of sound due to weakness, not an addition to the takbir. Yes.
May Allah reward you and bless you. This is Abu 'Abdullah from Riyadh. He says: There is an imam of a mosque who is old in age, and his recitation and prayer are good, praise be to Allah. But when he says the takbir for ruku' or sujud, O Shaykh, perhaps the breath becomes heavy for him due to his old age, so he pronounces the interpretation by saying "Haa Allahu Akbar," meaning we hear him pronounce the letter haa along with Allahu Akbar. Is there anything wrong with that, and is our prayer valid?
Answer:
Your prayer and his prayer are valid, if Allah wills. This is not an addition of letters, but rather, as the questioner mentioned, it is due to the weakness of this old Shaykh. It is merely an addition of sound due to weakness, not an addition to the takbir. Yes.
Source
زيادة حرف في تكبيرة الانتقال في الصلاة — alfawzan.live
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.