Is it obligatory to use tanween in the word (Muhammad) in the phrase 'I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger' during Tashahhud, or is it recommended?
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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sistani (may God protect him):
It is not obligatory. However, regarding the verse ﴿Say, He is Allah, the One﴾, if one does not pause after (One) and connects it to ﴿Allah, the Eternal Refuge﴾, it is preferable to keep the tanween and say: (One of Allah, the Eternal Refuge) with a dammah on the dal and a kasrah on the noon.
Source: Minhaj al-Salihin, Vol. 1, Recitation, Section 614
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Khamenei (may God protect him):
It is not obligatory.
Source: A Treatise on Prayer and Fasting, Prayer, Obligations of Prayer, Recitation, Section 205
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