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The Statement of Allah تعالى: “...He (Allah) has sent it (the Qur’ān) down with His Knowledge, and the angels bear witness...” (V.4:166)

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Darussalam · Volume 9

97 - THE BOOK OF TAUHĪD

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الحديث: 7490 ¦ الجزء: 9 ¦ الصفحة: 143

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7490. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا (regarding the Verse): "...And offer your Salāt (prayer) neither aloud nor in a low voice..." (V.17:110) This Verse was revealed while Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was hiding himself in Makkah, and when he raised his voice while reciting the Qur'ān, Al-Mushrikūn (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allāh and in His Messenger Muḥammad ﷺ) would hear him and abuse the Qur'ān and its Revealer and to the one who brought it. So Allāh تعالى said: “...And offer your Salāt (prayer) neither aloud nor in a low voice...” (V.17:110) That is, ‘Do not say your Salāt (prayer) so loudly that Al-Mushrikūn should hear you, nor say it in such a low tone that your companions do not hear you.’ But seek a middle course between those (extremes), i.e., let your companions hear, so that they may learn it from you, and do not recite it (the Qur'ān) loudly (so that Al-Mushrikūn should hear it and abuse it, etc.).

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7490 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: {وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ} [الإسراء: 110] بِهَا، قَالَ: «أُنْزِلَتْ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُتَوَارٍ بِمَكَّةَ، فَكَانَ إِذَا رَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ سَمِعَ المُشْرِكُونَ، فَسَبُّوا القُرْآنَ وَمَنْ أَنْزَلَهُ وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى»: {وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا} [الإسراء: 110]: «لَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ حَتَّى يَسْمَعَ المُشْرِكُونَ»، {وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا} [الإسراء: 110] «عَنْ أَصْحَابِكَ فَلَا تُسْمِعُهُمْ»، {وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ سَبِيلًا} [الإسراء: 110] «أَسْمِعْهُمْ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ، حَتَّى يَأْخُذُوا عَنْكَ القُرْآنَ»

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