What is the ruling on recitation with tajwid?

The questioner : What is the ruling on recitations with tajwid?

The Shaykh : Recitation with tajwid: some scholars hold that it is obligatory, and that a person must recite with tajwid. However, the correct view is that it is not obligatory to recite with tajwid; rather, it is obligatory to recite in a way that does not err in the letters or the vowel marks. As for tajwid, it is not obligatory.

The questioner : Yes, I mean the kind that is recited with tajwid, if that is what is intended.

The Shaykh : So, as I answered. But if there is another intention, I do not know about it. In any case, repeating the recitation is not a breach of trust. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated the words of Allah the Exalted: until morning. But the discussion is about making errors in the Qur'an. If the meaning is that he makes errors in the Qur'an, then making errors in the Qur'an is closer to being disliked than to being permissible. This is correct. This hadith is in Sahih Muslim.