Question

Assalaamu alaikum,

We have learned that we can stop on a word that ends in, for example a dhamma, with:

1. a "pure" sukoon,

2. or rawm (a partial dhamma) 

3. or ishmaam (a sign from the two lips for a dhamma but without sound). 

The question is: can we then stop on any word that ends with a dhamma with any of these 3 ways of stopping? I am wondering because I don't think I've ever noticed the Reciters, may Allah bless them, on the cassettes etc...using the rawm for example. 

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.

It is not any dhammah that can be stopped on with  or  ; the dhammah must be an original or fixed dhammah on the last letter of the word.  If it is a fixed dhammah, then we can usually stop on it with any one of the three ways listed in your question, unless the last letter is ha' at-ta'neeth ().  If the last letter on the word stopped on has a presented dhammah, as in the dhammah on "" in:
 , then it only stopped on with a pure sukoon.

  is stopping with 1/3 the normal vowel count on the original dhammah or kasrah.  It is an allowed way of stopping, but is usually used by advanced readers to make clear the vowel when the meaning can be misconstrued or in the qira'aat when the word can be read more than one way.  You will not find that the audio recordings of tilawah of the Qur'an by different reciters have  when stopping on a fixed dhammah, since most Muslims are not aware of the ruling for it and may be confused or misunderstand if they heard it on a general tilawah set.   

The , as stated in the question, is a circling of the lips to show the dhammah on the last letter of a word when stopping.  It is a physical dhammah without any sound.  It then could not be demonstrated on an audio recording of recitation.