Question

A salaamu Alaikum,
during recitation of surah AlFatiha in salah....I hear at the end....AA-HA-MEEN instead of aameen.  by adding another sound to ameen ( ha) does it make it another word and not ameen??   Hadith says Malaika (angels) say ameen when we say ameen.   what is the tajweed for ameen at end of AlFatiha?

#2 - maybe this is not tajweed question, but important...please advise...is it acceptable in salah to recite ayat-al-kursi for the surah following Alfatiha instead of a whole surah ?
 --Is it acceptable in salah to recite only the last ayah of surah AlBaqarah  instead of a whole surah ?

Since I make salah w/this particular family member daily....it is important to me to understand.  Ashkuruki for your advice in this matter.
JazzakAllahu Khairan

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.

1. The word Aameen that we say in salah after the Faatihah is not part of the Qur’an, so there are no particular tajweed rules involved.  There are some hadeeths though, that point out that the Prophet,  would raise his voice when he said Aameen (Saheeh Abee Dawood), and another that he would lengthen the word Aameen.  (Bukhari). 

It very well be that the different voices and different timings of the Muslims saying “Aameen” made it appear that some are putting an “h” in there. 

The Prophet , said, “…And if he [the imam] said ‘,’ then say ‘Aameen.”  For if his utterance happened at the same time the angels’ utterance [of aameen], his sins were forgiven….”  Related by Muslim.

2.  It is sunnah to recite some of the Qur’an after surah al-Faatihah.   Please see the following link for an answer of a scholar:

http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=13340&dgn=3

We cannot give any more of an answer than a link, since we are not qualified to give fiqh rulings.

Wa iyyakum.

Wa assalaam alaikum.