The Ruling on Observing the Rules of Tajwid While Memorizing the Qur'an

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Question:
You say: I started memorizing the Noble Qur'an, and I am currently memorizing twelve parts of it, but I rush in memorization and do not always observe the rules of elongation (madd) and the rules of tajwid. I say: When I have memorized the entire Qur'an, I will go back and observe all the movements. Is there any sin or blame on me for that? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
What is prescribed for you is to take full care of the memorization, so that you recite the Qur'an as it was revealed, with tartil (measured recitation) and giving the letters their due. This is the best. However, if you are lax in some of the elongations, it does no harm, or if you are lax in the thickening (tafkhim) and thinning (tarqiq) of letters, it does no harm. But the best is to take care of the thickening, thinning, and elongations, and to give the letters their due according to what has come in the curricula of the scholars of tajwid. This is better and more complete. If a person is lax in some of the elongations or in some of the thinning and thickening, it does no harm, if Allah wills. But he should not rush so much that some of the letters are dropped. He must read with a clear, complete recitation, taking care of the letters, and not dropping any of them, so that he benefits and so that the one listening to him benefits. This is obligatory; he must take care of this, so that he does not drop a letter, and so that he brings the letters out completely, and so that his recitation is understood.
And if he recites with tartil, that is better. Tartil is better, and it is stopping at the ends of verses. Tartil is: that he stops at the ends of verses, for example:

⁽²⁾ [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds - ⁽³⁾ The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, ⁽⁴⁾ Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. ⁽⁵⁾ It is You we worship and You we ask for help. ⁽⁶⁾ Guide us to the straight path - ⁽⁷⁾ The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ۝ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ۝ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ ۝ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ۝ اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ ۝ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلا الضَّالِّينَ

[al-Fatihah:2-7], this is tartil, and so on in the rest of the Qur'an,

⁽¹⁾ O you who wraps himself [in clothing], ⁽²⁾ Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little - ⁽³⁾ Half of it - or subtract from it a little ⁽⁴⁾ Or add to it, and recite the Qur'an with measured recitation. ⁽⁵⁾ Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word.

يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ ۝ قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۝ نِصْفَهُ أَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا ۝ أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلًا ۝ إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا

[al-Muzzammil:1-5] and what follows,

⁽¹⁾ The Striking Calamity - ⁽²⁾ What is the Striking Calamity? ⁽³⁾ And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

الْقَارِعَةُ ۝ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ۝ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

[al-Qari'ah:1-3] like this,

⁽¹⁾ By the racers, panting, ⁽²⁾ And the producers of sparks [when] striking ⁽³⁾ And the chargers at dawn,

وَالْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا ۝ فَالْمُورِيَاتِ قَدْحًا ۝ فَالْمُغِيرَاتِ صُبْحًا

[al-'Adiyat:1-3] and so on,

⁽¹⁾ Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you ⁽²⁾ Until you visit the graveyards. ⁽³⁾ No! You are going to know. ⁽⁴⁾ Then no! You are going to know. ⁽⁵⁾ No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...

أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ ۝ حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ ۝ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝ ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝ كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ

[at-Takathur:1-5], and so on. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.

Source binbaz.org.sa

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