2. Rules & Guidelines NAAZIRA CATEGORIES Islamic Foundation Of Toronto Hifz, Naazira & Qira’atul Qur’an C O M P E T I T I O N oFoFor participants competing in the Naazira categories, they will be asked to select an envelope which will contain the questions. oIoIn the Naazira category, the judges will be testing the participants on their recitation of the Qur’an while looking and their adherence to the rules of Tajweed as well as their tone.

3. Rules & Guidelines NAAZIRA CATEGORIES Islamic Foundation Of Toronto Hifz, Naazira & Qira’atul Qur’an C O M P E T I T I O N oIoIf a participant makes more than 4 mistakes in a question, which the Questioner has to correct, the participant will fail that question. oToThe Questioner will ring the bell to bring any Naazira mistakes to the participant’s attention. oFoFor Tajweed errors, the bell will not ring but the Judges will mark the mistakes on the mark sheet.

4. Rules & Guidelines NAAZIRA CATEGORIES Islamic Foundation Of Toronto Hifz, Naazira & Qira’atul Qur’an C O M P E T I T I O N For all three categories (Hifz,Qiraat and Naazira) the marking for Tajweed is as follows: 1 mark will be deducted for minor errors, known as lahn-e-khafi. This includes errors in sifaat-e-Aaridha ghunna, madd, tafkheem, and tarqeeq. 2 marks will be deducted for each Major Error, known as lahn-e-jali. These are mistakes made in makhaarij and sifaat-e-laazima

5. Rules & Guidelines Qiraat and Hifz Categories Islamic Foundation Of Toronto Hifz, Naazira & Qira’atul Qur’an C O M P E T I T I O N oToThe participants competing in the Qiraat categories will be asked to randomly select a question from the question box. oPoParticipants in the Hifz category will be asked to select an envelope which will contain the questions. oIoIn the Hifz and Qira’at categories, the judges will be testing the participants # 1 on their memorization of the Qur’an, # 2 on the rules of Tajweed, # 3 and their tone.

6. Islamic Foundation Of Toronto Hifz, Naazira & Qira’atul Qur’an C O M P E T I T I O N The marking system for both categories will be as follows: ½ mark will be deducted for each time the participant is unable to read fluently Rules & Guidelines Qiraat and Hifz Categories 1 mark will be deducted for any Hifz errors that are corrected by the participant himself after being informed by the Questioner by the ringing of the bell 2 marks will be deducted if the Questioner has to correct the mistake

7. Rules & Guidelines Islamic Foundation Of Toronto Hifz, Naazira & Qira’atul Qur’an C O M P E T I T I O N oIoIf a participant makes more than 3 Hifz mistakes in a question, which the Questioner has to correct, the participant will fail that question. oToThe Questioner will ring the bell to bring any Hifz mistakes to the participant’s attention. oFoFor Tajweed errors, the bell will not ring but the Judges will mark the mistakes on the mark sheet.