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“...And offer your Salāt (prayer) neither aloud nor in a low voice...” (V.17:110)

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Darussalam · Volume 6

65 - THE BOOK OF COMMENTARY:(Interpretation of the Qur'an)

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الحديث: 4722 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 87

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4722. Narrated Ibn ‘Abbās رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا (regarding) — “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. When he offered Ṣalāt (prayer) with his Companions, he used to raise his voice with the recitation of the Qur'an, and if Al-Mushrikūn (pagans etc.) happened to hear him, they would abuse the Qur'an, the One who revealed it and the one who brought it. Therefore Allāh تعالى said to His Prophet ﷺ: "...And offer your Ṣalāt (prayer) neither aloud..." i.e., your recitation of the Qur'an lest Al-Mushrikūn (pagans etc.) should hear you, and abuse the Qur'an, "...nor in a low voice..." so that your Companions could not hear you, "...but follow a way between." (V. 17:110)

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4722 - حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا} [الإسراء: 110] قَالَ: " نَزَلَتْ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُخْتَفٍ بِمَكَّةَ، كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى بِأَصْحَابِهِ رَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ بِالقُرْآنِ، فَإِذَا سَمِعَهُ المُشْرِكُونَ سَبُّوا القُرْآنَ وَمَنْ أَنْزَلَهُ وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِنَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: {وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلاَتِكَ} [الإسراء: 110] أَيْ بِقِرَاءَتِكَ، فَيَسْمَعَ المُشْرِكُونَ فَيَسُبُّوا القُرْآنَ {وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا} [الإسراء: 110] عَنْ أَصْحَابِكَ فَلاَ تُسْمِعْهُمْ، {وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ سَبِيلًا} [الإسراء: 110] "

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