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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Elongating the baa in the phrase Allahu Akbar and stretching the letters

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The questioner:
The issue at hand. If someone elongates the alif after the baa in the phrase Allahu Akbar, does the meaning change? And is it permissible to not

The Shaykh:
The adhan is valid, if Allah wills, but stretching the adhan, stretching the letters, is not valid. The adhan is to be recited with appropriate wording. The jurists stated that if one says Allahu Akbar in the takbir of entering prayer, they say his prayer is not valid, because Akbar is the plural of Kibr, which is the hand drum (duff). Kibr, Akbar is the plural of Kibr. The meaning is distorted, and that is not what was intended. But when the meaning is distorted, they say this. Therefore, one should not elongate the baa, not elongate it, but delete it, not in the adhan, and not in the takbirs of prayer, especially the takbir of entering prayer.

The questioner:
To.

The Shaykh:
If he says Akbar or Allahu Akbar, they do not say it is valid, because Allahu Akbar is a question, as if he is asking, "Is Allah the Greatest?" And Akbar is the plural of Kibr.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من باب الأذان — islamhouse.com (1:01:40)

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