The ruling on reciting the hadiths of the Messenger with grammatical errors
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is your opinion regarding one who recites the hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with grammatical errors?
Answer:
In any case, people are of different categories; among them is the layperson, and among them is the student of knowledge. The layperson may make a mistake in recitation, but the student of knowledge must recite them in the Arabic language and not make grammatical errors; he must be careful. The virtue is for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to have them recited in the known manner, which is according to the Arabic language, with the nominative and accusative cases, and so on. As for the laypeople, they may make mistakes, and it does not harm if they do not change the meaning; if they do not change the meaning, it does not harm. But if the layperson changes the meaning knowingly, that is different. However, if he does not change the meaning of the nominative or accusative case and does not change the meaning, such as saying or saying , it does not harm; the meaning is known. But the layperson does not know how to handle the grammatical cases. The result is that if he conveys the meaning, it does not harm him. But the student of knowledge brings the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the manner in which the Arabic language came, in the correct manner.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is your opinion regarding one who recites the hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with grammatical errors?
Answer:
In any case, people are of different categories; among them is the layperson, and among them is the student of knowledge. The layperson may make a mistake in recitation, but the student of knowledge must recite them in the Arabic language and not make grammatical errors; he must be careful. The virtue is for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to have them recited in the known manner, which is according to the Arabic language, with the nominative and accusative cases, and so on. As for the laypeople, they may make mistakes, and it does not harm if they do not change the meaning; if they do not change the meaning, it does not harm. But if the layperson changes the meaning knowingly, that is different. However, if he does not change the meaning of the nominative or accusative case and does not change the meaning, such as saying
The religion is advice,
قال الدين النصيحة،deeds
الأعمالdeeds are by intentions
الأعمال بالنياتThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٢ — archive.org (57:57)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
