uestion| Is it obligatory to observe the rules of correct Qur’anic recitation (tajwīd)—such as madd lāzim (required prolongation) and idghām (contraction)—in performing the canonic prayers?

answer| It is not obligatory to observe the rules of correct Qur’anic recitation in the canonic prayers. Yet, it is recommended, as a matter of advisory caution (iḥtīyāṭ mustaḥabb), that worshippers implement madd lāzim, refrain from pronouncing the connective sound when pausing (al-waqf bi al-ḥarakah) or from connecting two words while omitting the connective sound between them (al-waṣl bi al-sukūn), and make the pronunciational contraction (idghām) upon encountering the Yarmalūn letters.