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447. Abū Qatādah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said to Abū Bakr: “I passed by you while you were reciting and your voice was low.” He said: “I let He whom I was consulting hear.” He said: “Raise your voice.” Then he said to ‘Umar: “I passed by you while you were reciting and your voice was loud.”
So he said: "I repel drowsiness and keep Ash-Shaitān away." So he said: "Lower your voice." (Hasan)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Aīshah, Umm Hānī', Anas, Umm Salamah, and Ibn 'Abbās.
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth of Abū Qatādah is a Gharīb Hadīth. It is only narrated with a chain from Yahya bin Ishāq from Hammād bin Salamah, while most of the people narrated this Hadīth from Thābit, from 'Abdullāh bin Rabāḥ as a Mursal narration.
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When a person prays during the night, it is better to raise his voice in recitation to an appropriate limit, but not so high that it causes disturbance to others, nor very low that he himself cannot listen. Audible recitation helps a lot for understanding and pondering.
