Should I Repeat the Takbir if I Mispronounce it?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
- If one doesn’t pronounce the starting takbir properly, will he have to break the salah and pray again?
- What about his iqamah? If he is praying fard alone and he didn’t pronounce the takbir properly. Should he repeat the iqamah?
- In the silent prayers do we have to say Subhana rabbiya al-Adhim and Subhana Rabbiyal-Ala silently, also? If one intentionally or unintentionally says it out loud, will it break his salah? What about if one says the takbirs throughout the prayer and tasmi’ ( samia’ Allahu liman hamida) and tahmid (Rabbana lakal hamd) aloud?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate
Answer One
The tahrima [opening Allahu akbar of the prayer], the place which is the tongue; hence, it must be uttered such one can hear himself, is a fard. [Shurunbulali, Maraqi al Sa’adat]
Don’t worry about its sounds, it is a simple wording, and it is probably pronounced correctly, ignore misgivings. I am assured they were uttered reasonably sound. Just to remove your doubt, ask a local scholar how you utter the words and whether they are correctly uttered.
Answer Two
No, he will not have to repeat the prayer. He will have gone against the sunnah.
Again, ask a local scholar and have the Iqamah checked by him.
[Ala’uddin Ibn Abidin, Al-Hadiyya al-Ala’iyyah]
Answer Three
One has to say them silently – such that the person alone can hear himself. If said aloud it will not invalidate one’s prayer.
If one says the takbirs, tahmid and tasmi’ aloud of a loud prayer, it is absolute fine. One has the choice to pray a fard prayer aloud or silently. The former is superior for men. [Shurunbulali, Maraqi al-Falah]
Below are some links to further understand the issues.
Is the Opening Takbir a Condition or an Integral of the Prayer? – SeekersGuidance
How Should I Go About Difficulties in Reciting the Takbir During Prayer? – SeekersGuidance
I would like to recommend you go through the Reader on Misgivings, it will give you clarity and practical understanding of purity, acts of worship and all the other aspects of the religion.
A Reader on OCD and Waswasa (Baseless Misgivings) (seekersguidance.org)
I pray this helps in your question.
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan and Turkey.
He started his early education in UK. He went onto complete hifz of Qur’an in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then travelled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.
