What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And do not recite your prayer aloud, nor do you recite it in a low voice”?
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Question:
In the name of Allah. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:[Al-Isra 17:110]
Answer:
This was when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was in Makkah and he would stand and pray at night, reciting aloud. The polytheists would gather to harm him and mock the Qur'an. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, commanded him not to recite aloud in order to avert harm, in order to avert harm. He said: “Do not recite your prayer aloud” to the point where the disbelievers harm you and mock the Qur'an, “nor do you recite it in a low voice” to the point where you do not hear yourself, “and seek a way between them,” between reciting aloud and reciting in a low voice. Yes.
In the name of Allah. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:
do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly
وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَاAnswer:
This was when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was in Makkah and he would stand and pray at night, reciting aloud. The polytheists would gather to harm him and mock the Qur'an. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, commanded him not to recite aloud in order to avert harm, in order to avert harm. He said: “Do not recite your prayer aloud” to the point where the disbelievers harm you and mock the Qur'an, “nor do you recite it in a low voice” to the point where you do not hear yourself, “and seek a way between them,” between reciting aloud and reciting in a low voice. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [124] ما معنى قوله تعالى:﴿ولا تجْهر بصلاتك ولا تخافت بها﴾؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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