Question
Assalamu
Aleikum
I have a few questions about the vowel counts during the mudood. I understand
the process of 2, 4, and 6 vowel counts during the mudood. However my
difficulty is to be able to know how the reciter uses either 4 or 6 vowel
counts in the recitation. As far as the recitation of Hafs by the way of Ash
Shatibbiyah is concerned, how can I know that 4 or 6 vowel counts have been
used? Is there a way for me to calculate or rather count the vowels in my mind
in order to know that this is either 4 or 6 counts?
I hope you understand my question. I can differentiate the counts from each
other because of their length (one is longer than the other etc), but I would
like to be able to know for myself with certainty the technique to be able to
count the proper way.
May Allah help you find the easy answer inshallah
Wa salamu Aleikum
Answer
Wa alaikum
assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.
The recitation
of Hafs ‘an ‘Aasim by the way of Ash-Shatibiyyah lengthens both
and
four
or five vowel counts, and both must be either four or five.
These mudood are not lengthened six vowel counts in this way of
recitation. It is quite rare to
find a recording or audio example of the five vowel counts for the two types
of medd.
The type of medd that is always
lengthened six vowel counts is
, and all reciters lengthen this
medd six vowel counts. It is
allowed to lengthen
two,
four, or six vowel counts.
The
determination of the length of a medd is by the speed of recitation and how
fast one vowel count is, then multiply it in your mind to determine how long
four vowel counts of this speed of reading would be.
Reciters are
human and sometimes do not have perfection in their lengthenings. It is best
to listen to a long section of recitation to determine the number of vowel
counts consistently used in the mudood.
Wa assalaam
alaikum wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.