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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Elongating the "Al" in Allahu Akbar and Stretching the Adhan

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The questioner:
If someone elongates the "Al" in the phrase "Allahu Akbar" after the "Dad," is his prayer valid, and does he need to seek forgiveness for this?

The Shaykh:
The adhan is valid, if Allah wills. However, stretching the adhan and elongating the letters is not permissible. This adhan is to be recited with appropriate wording. The jurists stated that if one says "Akbar" instead of "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 drum. "Kibr" is the singular, and "Akbar" is its plural. One should be careful with the meaning, even if he did not intend it, but he must be careful with the meaning. They said this. Therefore, based on this, one does not elongate the letter "Ba"; he does not elongate it. Yes, he omits it by omission. Yes, neither in the adhan nor in the takbirs of the prayer, especially the takbir of entering prayer. Yes.

The questioner:
And we are living.

The Shaykh:
He said "Akbar" or "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." Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 42 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الصلاة/الأذان/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:01:59)

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