How to Recite the Qur'an and the Duration of Completing a Recitation

The questioner:
There is a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he commands that the Qur'an be recited as it was revealed. So what is the duration of the method, and which recitation should one recite?

The Shaykh:
It is recited as transmitted by the reciters and explained by the scholars, using the letters one sees. Tajwid is better if one is able to do it: the tashdid of the mufakhkhar, the tashdid of the marqad, the ikhfa, and the ikhfa when kasrah is present. Whoever knows this, it is better for him; otherwise, he recites it in the Arabic language.

The questioner:
And the minimum in our time is such and such.

The Shaykh:
There is no fixed limit, but the best is the minimum amount. If he recites in one month, that is sufficient.

The questioner:
I say, O Shaykh al-Halabi, that the Messenger of Allah...

The Shaykh:
And the one who memorizes the ijazah also, but he does not cut it off from this practice, yes.

The questioner:
It appears in the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers.

The Shaykh:
From it? He recites in Zuhr and 'Asr, and the third in Maghrib, and the third and fourth in 'Isha'. But sometimes he recites, he recites some verses so that the people hear the recitation and know that he is reciting. Patience is required for him; he would hear some verses. Patience is required for him, yes.