Look at these sentences:
- هُوَ آبْنُ آلْمُدَرِّسِ huwab nul mudarrisi He is the teacher's son.
- اِبْنُ خَالِد ibnul khalidin Khalid's son.
- اِسْمُ الْطَّالِبِ مُحَمَّدٌ ismuT Taalibi muhammadun The student's name is Muhammad.
- are called هَمْزَةُ الْوَصَلْ Hamza tul wasl.
- appears at the beginning of a word.
- are pronounced if it appears at the beginning of a sentence.
- are not pronounced if preceeded by a another word or letter.
Based on what I've read in the Quran, I think only this alif آ is called Hamza tul wasl. The other alifs ا, اَ, اُ, اَ etc. are not called Hamza tul wasl. They are normal alifs with vowels. Thus, I am in doubt.