What is the ruling on collective supplication in prayer with a loud voice?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on those who disturb people in the Haram with their voices in collective supplication?
Answer:
This is not befitting. Collective supplication is not befitting. Each person should supplicate for himself.
Because in collective supplication, they do not focus on the meanings; rather, they follow the one in front of them who is calling them, and they do not know the meanings of the supplication. They do not focus on the meanings; they only imitate. So, supplication is an act of worship. A person supplicates for himself, separate from the others, supplicating for what he needs from matters of his religion and his worldly life. Supplication during tawaf is a recommended practice (sunnah). If one performs tawaf and does not supplicate, his tawaf is valid. Supplication is a recommended practice, not obligatory. If he recites the Qur'an or occupies himself with tasbih, tahlil, takbir, and dhikr, that is good. It is not obligatory to supplicate; dhikr is sufficient for him, and reciting the Qur'an is sufficient for him. Even if he performs tawaf in silence the entire time, saying nothing—no supplication, no dhikr, nothing—his tawaf is valid. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on those who disturb people in the Haram with their voices in collective supplication?
Answer:
This is not befitting. Collective supplication is not befitting. Each person should supplicate for himself.
Because in collective supplication, they do not focus on the meanings; rather, they follow the one in front of them who is calling them, and they do not know the meanings of the supplication. They do not focus on the meanings; they only imitate. So, supplication is an act of worship. A person supplicates for himself, separate from the others, supplicating for what he needs from matters of his religion and his worldly life. Supplication during tawaf is a recommended practice (sunnah). If one performs tawaf and does not supplicate, his tawaf is valid. Supplication is a recommended practice, not obligatory. If he recites the Qur'an or occupies himself with tasbih, tahlil, takbir, and dhikr, that is good. It is not obligatory to supplicate; dhikr is sufficient for him, and reciting the Qur'an is sufficient for him. Even if he performs tawaf in silence the entire time, saying nothing—no supplication, no dhikr, nothing—his tawaf is valid. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الدعاء الجماعي في الصلاة بصوتٍ عالي؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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