What are the hadiths, with clarification of their authenticity and weakness, and the books that address the issue of the Prophet (peace be upon him) pausing at each verse and not combining two verses together during recitation, such as the hadith of Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that appeared in At-Tirmidhi's Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah: "Al-hamdu lillahi Rabbil-’alamin" (All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds) and he would pause, then "Ar-Rahmanir-Rahim" (The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) and he would pause, and so on?
It is sunnah to pause at the end of each verse, even if the meaning is connected to what follows. This is what the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, did, as it is affirmed in the Sunnah, where he used to break his recitation and pause at the end of every verse. Some scholars have taken the view that one should not pause if the meaning is strongly connected to what follows. However, the more a sound opinion is to pause absolutely, and what is prohibited is a complete قطع (cutting off) that distorts the meaning.
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