When a recitation mistake is noticed:
1. Identify exactly what changed — vowel, letter, word, stop/start, lengthening or Tashdid.
2. Ask whether the two sounds are ordinarily easy or difficult to distinguish.
3. Identify whether the meaning actually changed and how severely.
4. Check whether the issue is one on which earlier and later Hanafi jurists differ.
5. If the case affects prayer validity, obtain a ruling on the exact recited wording rather than relying on a generic internet rule.
This approach is more accurate than the previous “one severe-meaning rule for everything.”