Is it permissible to demonstrate the meem and noon sakinah (non-voweled meem and noon) in a place where ikhfa’ (concealment) is required, and do some reciters hold this view? And is there sin or detestability in ordinary recitation with tajweed rules? And is the alif al-wasl (connecting alif) recited at the beginning of a sentence as a hamzat qat’ (separating hamza)? And is the lam (L sound) broken when the definite article "al-" enters a word that begins with an alif al-wasl?

Scholars of Qira'at (readings) have agreed on the concealment (Ikhfa') of the silent Noon (نْ) before 15 letters, some of whom gathered these letters in the opening words of the verse: "صف ذا ثنا كم جاد شخص قد سما دم طيبا زد في تقا ضع ظالما" (Behold one who praises much, how generous is a person who has ascended, be good, increase in piety, humble a wrongdoer). No one has said that the Noon should be pronounced (Izhar) when encountering these letters. As for the Meem (م), its concealment (Ikhfa') occurs only before the letter Ba (ب), and this is the view of the majority. The state of Ikhfa' is between Izhar (clear pronunciation) and Idgham (assimilation).

As for ordinary reading without adhering to the rules of Tajweed (definition), it is impermissible, because Tajweed is an obligatory necessity, as Ibn Al-Jazari said, for the Qur'an was revealed with it and thus reached us. Recitation is divided into three levels: Tartil (Al-Tahqeeq), Tadweer, and Hadr, and adherence to the rules of Tajweed is obligatory in all of them. Excessive haste (hadhramah) that negates the rules of Tajweed is impermissible, as is excessive prolongation.

As for Hamzat al-Wasl (connecting hamza), it drops during the flow of recitation, and when beginning with it, it is pronounced as a fully articulated Hamza. It is pronounced with a fatha (open vowel) with "Al" (ال), and with a kasra (downward vowel) in other cases, unless its third letter has a dhamma (upward vowel), in which case it is pronounced with a dhamma. It is written as an alif without a hamza sign (nābrah). The hamzat al-wasl of a word drops in pronunciation if "Al" enters upon it, because it then becomes in the middle of the word.