By Mufti Faraz Ibn Adam al-Mahmudi Errors in recitation can take place in 5 different areas[1][2]: 1) ‘i῾rāb and harakāt (Diacritics) 2) Hurūf (Letters) 3) Kalimāt (Words) 4) Jumal wal-āyāt (Sentences) 5) Wuqūf (Pauses) 1) Errors in ‘I῾rāb and harakāt (Diacritics) This refers to changing a dhammah for a kasrah, or a fathah for a dhammah etc. Also included here is the reducing of a mushaddad to one letter or stretching a letter more than it should. According to the earlier scholars, any mistake which results in such a meaning which can nullify one’s faith will invalidate the salāh. According to…