Back to search
The question

Should the letters of prolongation, Waaw and Yaa, be pronounced with tafkheem if the letter preceding them is pronounced with tafkheem?

Share this answer

Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
The answer

The intonation (tajwid) scholars did not state that the three letters of prolongation (harf madd) are subject to tafkhim (velarization) except for the Alif. The Alif is velarized if it follows a velarized letter and is attenuated (tarqiq) if it follows an attenuated letter. As for the Waw and the Ya, there is no velarization for them because they are among the attenuated letters of istifal (lowering of the tongue), with the exception of the Laam and the Ra in some of their states.

Summary from Ftawy's records · added here

Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.

Read the full answer on Ftawy
Where this answer came from
Source platform
Ftawy
Original fatwa ID
121830
Added here
. This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
Text
Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full ruling
Read the full answer on Ftawy