Why Learn Tajweed?
وَالأَخْـذُ بِالتَّـجْـوِيـدِ حَـتْــمٌ لازِمُ *** مَــنْ لَــمْ يُـجَـوِّدِ الْـقُـرَانَ آثِــمُ
Applying tajweed is a must.
Whoever does not recite the Qur'an with tajweed is sinning.
لأَنَّــهُ بِـــهِ الإِلَـــهُ أَنْـــزَلاَ *** وَهَـكَـذَا مِـنْـهُ إِلَـيْـنَـا وَصَـــلاَ
For the Qur'an the Lord (Allah) revealed with tajweed
And likewise from Allah this has come down to us
وَهُـوَ أَيْـضًـا حِـلْيَـةُ الـتِّـلاَوَةِ *** وَزِيْــنَـــةُ الأَدَاءِ وَالْــقِـــرَاءَةِ
Tajweed is also an adornment of recitation
It is also an adornment of adaa' and qiro'ah.
وَهْـوَ إِعْـطَـاءُ الْـحُـرُوفِ حَقَّـهَـا *** مِــنْ صِـفَـةٍ لَـهَـا وَمُستَحَـقَّـهَـا
Tajweed is giving the letters their rights
that is, from each of its substances and mustahaq properties
وَرَدُّ كُـــلِّ وَاحِـــدٍ لأَصْـلِــهِ *** وَاللَّـفْـظُ فِــي نَـظِـيْـرِهِ كَمِـثْـلـهِ
Tajweed is giving the letters their rights
that is, from each of its substances and mustahaq properties
مُكَمَّـلاً مِـنْ غَـيْـرِ مَــا تَكَـلُّـفِ *** بِاللُّطْـفِ فِـي النُّطْـقِ بِــلاَ تَعَـسُّـفِ
And perfected without any coercion
gently in speech without being contrived
وَلَـيْـسَ بَـيْـنَـهُ وَبَـيْـنَ تَـرْكِـهِ *** إِلاَّ رِيَـاضَــةُ امْـــرِئٍ بِـفَـكِّــهِ
There is no difference between the recitation of tajweed and that without tajweed
but the practice of a person with his lips.
عَنْ عَبْد اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رضى الله عنه يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « مَنْ قَرَأَ حَرْفًا مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَلَهُ بِهِ حَسَنَةٌ وَالْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا لاَ أَقُولُ الم حرْفٌ وَلَكِنْ أَلِفٌ حَرْفٌ وَلاَمٌ حَرْفٌ وَمِيمٌ حَرْفٌ ».
“Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (radhiyallahu 'anhu) said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever recites one letter of the Quran will be rewarded with one good deed for that recitation, and one good deed will be multiplied by ten such good deeds, and I did not say الم one letter, but Alif one letter, Laam one letter and Miim one letter. But Alif is one letter, Laam is one letter and Miim is one letter.”
(narrated by Tirmidhi and authenticated in Sahih Al Jami', no. 6469)
People who are proficient in the Qur'an will be with Angels
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رضى الله عنها قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « الْمَاهِرُ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَعَ السَّفَرَةِ الْكِرَامِ الْبَرَرَةِ وَالَّذِى يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَيَتَتَعْتَعُ فِيهِ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ شَاقٌّ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ »
“The one who recites the Qur'an fluently will be with the noble Angels
and always obedient to Allah. But the one who reads the Qur'an with a stammer and finds it difficult to read, he will be rewarded with two rewards.”
(HR Muttafaqun 'Alaih)