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Moderation When Reciting Qur'an In A Prayer When It Is To Be Recited Out Loud, And Making It Neither Too Loud Nor Too Soft, And When There Is The Fear Of Negative Consequences If It Is Recited Out Loud

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Darussalam · Volume 1

4. The Book Of Aş-Şalât

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الحديث: 446 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 329

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[1001] 145 - (446) It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbâs said, concerning the saying of Allâh the Most High: "... And offer your Salât (prayer) neither aloud nor in a low voice..."[1] This was revealed when the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ was hiding in Makkah. When he led his Companions in prayer, he raised his voice when reciting Qur'an, but when the idolators heard it, they reviled the Qur'an, and the One Who had revealed it, and the one who had brought it. So Allâh said to His Prophet ﷺ: "...And offer your Salât (prayer) neither aloud..." lest the idolators hear your recitation, "... nor in a low voice...", lest your Companions be unable to hear it; let them hear the Qur'an, but do not recite so loudly, "... but follow a way between...", meaning, neither too loud nor too soft."

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145 - (446) حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، قَالَ ابْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ: حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا} [الإسراء: 110] قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُتَوَارٍ بِمَكَّةَ، فَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى بِأَصْحَابِهِ رَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ، فَإِذَا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ سَبُّوا الْقُرْآنَ وَمَنْ أَنْزَلَهُ وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِهِ، فَقَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى لِنَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: {وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ} [الإسراء: 110] «فَيَسْمَعَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ قِرَاءَتَكَ» {وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا} [الإسراء: 110] «عَنْ أَصْحَابِكَ أَسْمِعْهُمُ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ ذَلِكَ الْجَهْرَ» {وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ سَبِيلًا} [الإسراء: 110]، «يَقُولُ بَيْنَ الْجَهْرِ وَالْمُخَافَتَةِ»

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