What is the ruling on imitating the voices of reciters?

The questioner : A questioner asks, saying: What is the ruling on imitating the voices of the great, famous reciters? It is well known to us that many students of the Qur'an imitate them. What is the ruling on this imitation?

The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah, I find no answer to such a question except his saying (peace be upon him) This is one point. The other is that there is a fear that fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) will result from it, and the original purpose of recitation will be forgotten, and imitation will become the original purpose. I remembered when I asked this question of some preachers who imitate Kashk in their sermons—Kashk, whose name is Kashk al-Misri—artificiality and affectation appeared in them completely. So in the Book of Allah, which is more noble and higher than for people to imitate in it, this is the case. A final point is his saying (peace be upon him) These imitators will not be in this... Yes, that is right.