Intermediate Waqf & Ibtida Surah: Al-Fatiha (4)

The question:
"Maliki yawm al-din" (Al-Fatiha: 4) — when you stop on "maliki," do you stop with the alif or without it?

Rule of stopping on the written form:
The foundational rule: stop on what is written in the Uthmani mushaf. The word "maliki" is written with an extended alif — so you stop with the alif visible and extended.

Question of "maliki" vs "maliki" (without alif):

• Hafs from Asim: "Maliki" with alif — stopping is on "maliki" with visible alif
• Nafi, Ibn Kathir, and others: "Maliki" without alif — stopping on "maliki" with no extension

Stopping on madd letters omitted in the written text:
Some Quranic words have their alifs omitted in writing — like "Al-Rahman" written without the alif after ra — the stop is made with restoring the extension since the omission is orthographic not linguistic.

General principle:
"Follow the narration and consult the written form" — the script guides but the narration decides. Al-Dani: "Whoever reads as directed and as narrated has done well."

Source: Al-Nashr (1/253); Al-Ashmuni (p.24); Al-Dani (p.10)

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