Tajweed rule: Ikhfa Shafawi

الإخفاء الشفوي ikhafa_shafawi
Hiding a meem sakinah before ب. Shafawi means of the lips, since meem and ba are both made with the lips.

When it applies

A meem sakinah at the end of a word followed by ب: تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ, وَهُم بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ.

How to read it

Keep the lips lightly together and hold the ghunnah for 2 counts, then say the ba.
Letters مۡ ب

Examples from the Quran

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