The Shaykh’s warning about errors committed by mu'adhhdhins and imams.

The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar... This is the first sin where the ra is put in the accusative case. The correct takbir is "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar." This is how the wording should be, and we represented it in writing with the letter lam between the first phrase and the second phrase... O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and the established prayer, grant Muhammad the intercession and the virtue, and raise him to the honored station that You promised him .
...First of all, I want to correct an error that came from me, where I said "this is the first sin." The correct thing is to say "this is the first mistake," because a sin (khati'ah) is a transgression that a person commits intentionally, whereas a mistake (khatta') is something everyone makes, for all the sons of Adam are prone to error. So, I will speak about the common error on the tongues of the majority of mu'adhhdhins in all Islamic lands, except what Allah wills from them and in them, and few are those who call to prayer in accordance with the Sunnah. I do not want to speak now about melodic singing, embellishment, or elongation (madd), which is not permissible in any of the various forms of recitation. Rather, I want to speak about this error I mentioned earlier, which is putting the ra in the accusative case in the phrase "Allahu Akbar." Many people, when they connect the second phrase to the first, or the first to the second, move the ra with a fathah, saying "Allahu Akbara, Allahu Akbar." This is a linguistic error with no basis in language or narration. As for language, you are people of language, and from you we learned language. "Akbar" is the predicate (khabar) of "Allahu," so it is in the nominative case. What put it in the accusative case? There is no factor putting it in the accusative case, except that there is a hadith, and this hadith is famous on the tongues of some people as a hadith. The problem with such a hadith is twofold: first, it is not a hadith, and second, it is an Arabic phrase that was misunderstood. What is it? "The takbir is jazm (final consonant)." The takbir is jazm. It was said in some books, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The takbir is jazm." This has absolutely no basis from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in any book of the Sunnah. If you say the six famous books, or the sixty remaining obscure ones, or the six hundred and more books of hadith, this phrase is not mentioned in any of the books of hadith at all, without exception, whether in the Sunan, Musnads, dictionaries, benefits, or parts, etc. Rather, this phrase came as a statement from Ibrahim ibn Yazid al-Nakha'i, a young Tabi'i famous for his narration from some of the Companions of Ibn Mas'ud, such as 'Uqbah and Yazid ibn al-Aswad, and others. It was Ibrahim ibn Yazid al-Nakha'i who said, "The takbir is jazm." What does "the takbir is jazm" mean? They interpreted it using grammatical terminology, where jazm means sukun (stillness). Based on this wrong understanding, they built upon it that if the word in the jazm case is moved, it is moved with the lightest vowel, which is the fathah. This is an error built upon an error. The first error is that it is not a hadith, and the second error is that it does not mean the customary grammatical meaning. Jazm means sukun. If the narration of the adhan is as we hear in some lands, "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," and some people want to connect them, they move the ra in the jazm case based on that hadith which has no basis, and say "Allahu Akbara, Allahu Akbar." This is an error upon an error. What is the correct meaning of this phrase after we know that it is not valid to attribute it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Its meaning is that the takbir is jazm, meaning khatf (quick pronunciation), meaning it is not elongated. We also see this from some mu'adhhdhins and preachers behind some imams, where they say "Allahu Akbar" with elongation. This is an error. Rather, one should say "Allahu Akbar." This is the intent of Ibrahim ibn Yazid al-Nakha'i in his saying "the takbir is jazm," meaning khatf. A hadith on the same pattern came in Sunan al-Tirmidhi from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: It means jazm. This is also something that many imams of mosques neglect, causing some of those praying behind them to deviate from their imams. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) established a rule for those praying behind the imam, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: to the end of the hadith. The point is that some imams, when they say the taslim to the right and left, say "As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah" and elongate the word "salam." This is an error, because before he finishes elongating his salam, the majority of the followers behind him have already finished their salam. This is not permissible, of course, because the implication of the previous hadith is that scholars have two opinions: either you say takbir when the imam starts saying takbir, or you say takbir after the imam finishes saying takbir. As for finishing your takbir or finishing your salam before the imam finishes his salam, this is a type of racing ahead of the imam, which is prohibited. The reason for causing the followers to fall into such deviation is the imams' neglect of some Sunnahs, if not obligations. Among these is omitting the salam. So, the imam should not prolong himself with the salam, but rather omit it and say "As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah, As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah" with omission, jazm, and khatf. And attach to this whatever synonymous phrases you wish, whose words differ but whose meanings and intents are the same. In summary, after we spoke about the Arabic aspect, that the takbir is jazm, we say "Allahu Akbar." If we connect them, we move the ra with a dammah, which indicates that the word "Akbar" is the predicate. What is the Sunnah? Is the Sunnah to separate each takbir individually, as we hear in some lands, "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar"? Or do we connect the first takbir to the second? The answer, and this is a benefit from the Sunnah and hadith, is what Imam Muslim narrated in his Sahih from the hadith of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), that when he would ascend the minbar on Friday and the mu'adhdhin would call to prayer before him, he said—and this is the hadith—the mu'adhdhin said, "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," and 'Umar responded, "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," and so on. So, the separation between the first and second takbir was based first on a hadith with no basis, "the takbir is jazm," and second on contradicting this authentic hadith narrated by Imam Muslim in his Sahih from 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Now, do we pray?