Is amplifying the prayer with loudspeakers considered an innovation?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner, Musa Ahmad, says: Shaykh, we have a man who prays in the mosque in the market, and he has claimed that amplifying the prayer with loudspeakers is an innovation, saying that he heard this ruling.
Answer:
This statement is the innovation. Raising the voice is one of the blessings of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because it conveys the imam's voice and the recitation, so it is beneficial and is not an innovation. It is what Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has made permissible. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner, Musa Ahmad, says: Shaykh, we have a man who prays in the mosque in the market, and he has claimed that amplifying the prayer with loudspeakers is an innovation, saying that he heard this ruling.
Answer:
This statement is the innovation. Raising the voice is one of the blessings of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because it conveys the imam's voice and the recitation, so it is beneficial and is not an innovation. It is what Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has made permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل نقل الصلاة بمكبرات الصوت يعد بدعة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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