The Meaning of the Statement: “The Most Skilled in Reciting the Book of Allah”
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In his statement (peace and blessings be upon him): “The people are led in prayer by the one most skilled in reciting the Book of Allah,” he says: What is the stronger position regarding “the most skilled in reciting” or “the most skilled in reciting”? Is it the one who is most memorized, or the one whose recitation is most beautiful?
Answer:
Allah knows best. “The most skilled in reciting the Book of Allah” means the one whose recitation is most beautiful, who does not make a mistake that changes the meaning. This is the one whose recitation is most beautiful.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In his statement (peace and blessings be upon him): “The people are led in prayer by the one most skilled in reciting the Book of Allah,” he says: What is the stronger position regarding “the most skilled in reciting” or “the most skilled in reciting”? Is it the one who is most memorized, or the one whose recitation is most beautiful?
Answer:
Allah knows best. “The most skilled in reciting the Book of Allah” means the one whose recitation is most beautiful, who does not make a mistake that changes the meaning. This is the one whose recitation is most beautiful.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 27-01-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (1:02:08)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.