The Ruling on Reciting the Qur'an Quickly to a Sick Person
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His Eminence the Shaykh: What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an quickly to a sick person such that the verses are connected and not broken up?
It is not permissible for any person, whether he is reciting for himself or for the sick, to recite the Qur'an except by clarifying its letters; because if he does not clarify its letters, he has fabricated a lie against Allah: "And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah" [Al-An'am: 93]?If he recites, for example: "Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind" [Al-Nas: 1] and he mumbles it. Can it be said that he recited it? No,And if he said: if I recited it, it means he has fabricated a lie against Allah; for Allah did not reveal it in this manner. Thus, recitation that involves dropping a letter from the letters is forbidden, even if the letter is emphatic (mudadd) and he neglects the emphasis, for this is forbidden.If he had said: "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds" this is forbidden. Why? Did Allah reveal it this way, "Lord of the worlds" (with the kasrah)? If so, he has fabricated a lie against Allah. So the matter is serious, my brothers.
We hear some reciters who love to memorize the Qur'an and complete it do this, they recite it like poetry, then he wants to reach the end of the surah or the end of the part and it does not matter to him whether he established the letters or not, and this is haram, so the obligatory is clarifying the letters.
As for tajwid, it is not obligatory. Tajwid is the beautification of the pronunciation. If a person beautifies it, that is better, and if he does not beautify it, then [it is not a sin]. And a person is required to beautify his recitation of the Qur'an, as Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed him that he had listened to his recitation,So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: "You have been given a flute from the flutes of the family of David" because Allah gave David a beautiful, magnificent voice, such that the mountains would glorify with him, and the birds would stand still to listen to his recitation because of its beauty and excellence,He said: "Did you hear me, O Messenger of Allah?He said: Yes,He said: Had I known that you were listening to me, I would have adorned it for you with adornment" meaning: I would have beautified it more. This indicates that a person should beautify his voice with the Qur'an. As for whether tajwid is obligatory, no. The intention is to establish the letters as they are with their movements and stillness, and tajwid is nothing but beautification. However, some of those who practice tajwid exaggerate and add, sometimes adding to the elongation (madd) and sometimes to the nasalization (ghunnah), until you wonder how the Qur'an was revealed this way?!
It is not permissible for any person, whether he is reciting for himself or for the sick, to recite the Qur'an except by clarifying its letters; because if he does not clarify its letters, he has fabricated a lie against Allah: "And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah" [Al-An'am: 93]?If he recites, for example: "Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind" [Al-Nas: 1] and he mumbles it. Can it be said that he recited it? No,And if he said: if I recited it, it means he has fabricated a lie against Allah; for Allah did not reveal it in this manner. Thus, recitation that involves dropping a letter from the letters is forbidden, even if the letter is emphatic (mudadd) and he neglects the emphasis, for this is forbidden.If he had said: "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds" this is forbidden. Why? Did Allah reveal it this way, "Lord of the worlds" (with the kasrah)? If so, he has fabricated a lie against Allah. So the matter is serious, my brothers.
We hear some reciters who love to memorize the Qur'an and complete it do this, they recite it like poetry, then he wants to reach the end of the surah or the end of the part and it does not matter to him whether he established the letters or not, and this is haram, so the obligatory is clarifying the letters.
As for tajwid, it is not obligatory. Tajwid is the beautification of the pronunciation. If a person beautifies it, that is better, and if he does not beautify it, then [it is not a sin]. And a person is required to beautify his recitation of the Qur'an, as Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed him that he had listened to his recitation,So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: "You have been given a flute from the flutes of the family of David" because Allah gave David a beautiful, magnificent voice, such that the mountains would glorify with him, and the birds would stand still to listen to his recitation because of its beauty and excellence,He said: "Did you hear me, O Messenger of Allah?He said: Yes,He said: Had I known that you were listening to me, I would have adorned it for you with adornment" meaning: I would have beautified it more. This indicates that a person should beautify his voice with the Qur'an. As for whether tajwid is obligatory, no. The intention is to establish the letters as they are with their movements and stillness, and tajwid is nothing but beautification. However, some of those who practice tajwid exaggerate and add, sometimes adding to the elongation (madd) and sometimes to the nasalization (ghunnah), until you wonder how the Qur'an was revealed this way?!