Sunan Ibn Majah 1353 — Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

[1] Some of them say that it is to elongate the pronunciation of the letter preceding a 'weak' letter, i.e., Alif , Waw , and Yâ . So he elongates the Lâm before the Ha in the majestic name Allâh , the Mim before the Nun in the name Ar-Rahmân , and the Ha before the Yâ in Ar-Rahim . This is the interpretation Ibn Hajar chose in Fathul-Bâri (no. 5045). Others said it means to elongate the 'weak' letters appropriately. Others said that it refers to those letters that are customarily elongated (this is the most popular view), and others add that it refers to raising and lowering the voice as well. See explanation by Sindi on Ibn Mâjah , An-Nisâ'i , and 'Awnul-Ma'bud .Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 1353In-book reference : Book 5, Hadith 551English translation : Vol. 1, Book 5, Hadith 1353