Fatwa ID: 07480

Answered by: Maulana Aabu Saeed

Question

Salaam, so I’ve been reading and when I recite the Fatiha, I realise that the ayah: غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ I put an Alif in between the الْمَغْضُوبِ Meem and Gaa. Does this invalidate the salah? Do I have to repeat my Salahs? The thing is, I’ve been reading like this for ages but when I realised that something was telling me to correct it, I read it correctly in the 2nd Rakah of sunnah, will I need to repeat my Zuhr salah again?

Does this change the meaning?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

Adding a letter in recitation while in Salah

Making mistakes in reciting Quran while in Salah are a matter of great concern when they change the meaning. In this specific case, adding an Alif will not change the meaning of the verse, thus not invalidating your salah, and not requiring you to repeat your past Salawat.

Only Allah knows best.

Answered by Maulana Aabu Saeed

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

(وَمِنْهَا) زِيَادَةُ حَرْفٍ إنْ زَادَ حَرْفًا فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ الْمَعْنَى لَا تَفْسُدُ صَلَاتُهُ عِنْدَ عَامَّةِ الْمَشَايِخِ نَحْوُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ وَانْهَى عَنْ الْمُنْكَرِ بِزِيَادَةِ الْيَاءِ.

(الفتاوى العالمكيرية المعروفة بالفتاوى الهندية, ج1,ص79, المطبعة الكبرى الأميرية ببولاق مصر)