Regarding reading the Qur'an without tajwid: Is there a reward for me since I do not know how to read with tajwid?

The questioner : This questioner is asking: Regarding reading the Qur'an without tajwid, is there a reward for me since I do not know how to read with tajwid? And if a mushaf is placed in a mosque, is it considered a continuous charity or not?

The Shaykh : Yes. Reading with tajwid is not obligatory; rather, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) to beautify the voice with the Qur'an, because a person should beautify his voice when reciting the Book of Allah, and tajwid is part of that beautification. As for it being obligatory, it is not. If a person establishes the vowel movements, raises the dammah, opens the fathah, breaks the kasrah, and silences the sukun, then he has committed no sin in that.
As for placing a mushaf in the mosque, it is, if Allah wills, a good deed, and its reward continues for its owner as long as people benefit from it. If it is lost or destroyed, the reward ceases.
But I want to point out an important matter, which is mispronunciation (lahn) that changes the meaning. Some people, especially the elderly, do not care about it and read the Qur'an with this mispronunciation. This is forbidden for them, and it is not permissible for them to be imams in the mosques, even if they have been imams for a long time. It is not permissible to keep them as imams if they do not correct their tongues with the Book of Allah. For example, some of them read the saying of Allah the Exalted, , by opening the taa and then closing it, saying "the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor". This is a mispronunciation that changes the meaning, and a person must correct his tongue from it. If he says, "I cannot, I am not able to do anything but this," we say, then do not lead people in prayer as an imam, because your mispronunciation changes the meaning. Similarly, if he says, "You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help", this also changes the meaning in a grave way. He must correct his tongue and say . If he cannot, then it is not permissible for him to be an imam for the people, and he must step down, even if he has been an imam for a long time. Yes.