Question
Assalamu'alaykum,
Kaifa haalu ramadhaanakum?
Every Ramadhan I'm saddened at the rate of recitation of Quran of some aimmah
who lead the taraweeh prayer in many masajids.
They usually lead Maghrib, Fajr or Isha' at normal speed, but when it comes to
taraweeh the speed increases and most of the time many ahkaam
of tajweed are severely compromised. I begin to wonder, how can all the characteristics of the Arabic letters (shiddah, rakhawah, hams etc) be
preserved if Al Qur'an is read so fast? and how can one distinguish the levels
of ghunnah that have been mentioned in the tajweed titbit lessons
if one reads/recites al Qur'an so fast?
My question is, is there maximum speed that we can be on when reciting
al-Qur'an so that all the ahkaam of tajweed is preserved? Undoubtedly,
there are shuyukh out there whose speed does not increase dramatically when
leading the taraweeh but they leave satisfaction in the hearts of
the ma'moom as the Qur'an is being read with tarteel hence producing khushoo'.
Jazakumullahu khaira
Answer
Wa alaikum
assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.
Our Ramadhan
insha’ Allah is going well and we pray that Allah accept our and your
fasting and righteous deeds and grant that we are of the successful on the day
of Eid.
The quickened
speed during taraweeh prayers is needed to cover the amount they are covering
without putting a burden on the Muslims they are leading.
There are many
of the aimmah (plural of imam) that can preserve the characteristics of the
letters etc. while reading at a quickened speed, there are some who cannot.
As you know there is a level of reading called
, which is a quick pace, but the guideline is
always preserving the letters and their rules, so one should not read so fast
that the letters or rules are lost. The
timings are relative so the most complete ghunnah is still longer than the
others at this speed but its timing is relative to the speed of reading, and
therefore much shorter in timing than one reading at the slowest speed-
.
May Allah have
mercy on the leaders of the taraweeh prayers, certainly it is difficult to
lead such a long prayer after fasting during the day, and not having much time
to rest after maghreb.
We pray that
Allah all our prayers and that He pleased
with us and our recitation of the Qur’an.
Wa iyyaakum
wa-l-muslimeen.
Wa assalaam
alaikum wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.
