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The second kind of error takes place among the letters themselves. For example, you change the
place of a letter, add or deduct a letter, or move a letter forward or backwards.
The third error involves confusion of words or sentences. And finally, the fourth error concerns
the waqf-wasl; that is, when you go on where you must pause or pause where you must go on.
This fourth kind of error does not nullify namaz even if the meaning is changed.
If the first three kinds of errors change the meaning or produce a meaning that causes disbelief,
namaz becomes nullified. But when you change the place of a sentence, if you pause for a while,
it does not become nullified. If some newly produced meaning does not cause disbelief but if it
does not have a likeness in the Qur'an, namaz becomes nullified. To say 'gubar' instead of 'gurab,'
to say 'Rabinas' instead of 'Rabbinnas,' to say 'zalelna' instead of 'zallelna,' to say 'emaratun'
instead of 'emmaretun,' to add the word "wa kefere" by saying "amile salihan wa kafara fa lahum
ajruhum," to say 'masanina' instead of 'masani', to say "assiratallazina" or "iyya kana 'budu," [that
is, to divide one word and add its final part to the following word], to forget "wa" when saying
"wa ma khalaqazzakara," nullifies namaz. If the word becomes meaningless and if it does not
have a likeness in the Qur'an al- karim, it nullifies namaz. For instance, to say 'sarail' instead of
'sarair,' to say 'laqna,' instead of 'khalaqna', to say 'alna' instead of 'ja'alna.' If the word has a
likeness in the Qur'an but if its meaning is different, namaz does not become nullified according
to Imam-i Abu Yusuf's ijtihad. But it becomes nullified according to the Tarafain, i.e. Imam-i
azam and Imam-i Muhammad. The fatwa agrees with the second ijtihad. If the word has no
likeness but if its meaning is not changed, they judged it the other way round. The fatwa agrees
with the Tarafain's. For example, when you say "ihdinelsirata" or "Rabilalamin" or "Iyake," or
when you say "ya mali" instead of "ya malik," or when you say "ta'al" while saying "ta'ala yeddu
Rabbina," namaz does not become nullified. [When you say "ahat" instead of "ahad"
(Bazaziyya)].
Later savants said that errors in the i'rab would not nullify namaz. The first is a way of prudence,
and the second is a way of permission.
Pronouncing one letter like another letter, if the two letters are quite different, nullifies namaz.
For example, to pronounce the letter "Ta" instead of the letter "Sat," as in "talihat" instead of
"salihat." If there is a small difference between the letters and if the meaning is changed, "namaz
becomes nullified if you did it intentionally," said most savants. But if it slipped out
inadvertently, "namaz does not become nullified," they said. Examples of this are to pronounce
the letter "Zi" instead of "Dat," "Sat" instead of "Sin," or "Ti" instead of "Te." Though the fatwa
says so, one must be cautious. So is the case with saying "zallin" instead of saying "dallin." [For
more details see chapter 20, Namaz in Jamaat!]
When you add a word, if the meaning does not change and if the word exists in the Qur'an alkarim,
namaz does not become nullified. For example, to say "wa bilwalideyni ihsanan wa
berren." Namaz does not become nullified even if that word does not exist in the Qur'an alkarim.
Another example is to say, "wa nahlun wa tuffahun wa rum'man." But Abu Yusuf
(rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alaih) said that it would be nullified.
When a word is forgotten, if the meaning is not changed namaz does not become nullified. For
instance, while saying "wa jazau seyyiatin seyyiatun misluha," if you omit "seyyiatun" it does
not become nullified. If the meaning is changed, namaz becomes nullified. For example, when
saying "la yu'minun," if you omit "la," it becomes nullified.
When you change a letter itself or its place, if the meaning is not changed and if the new word
has a likeness in the Qur'an, namaz does not become nullified. For instance, if you say
"Innelmuslimuna" instead of "innelmuslimina," it does not become nullified. If it does not have a
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