The ruling on reciting over the sick with a microphone and over water
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on some reciters who recite over the sick using a microphone, or over them while they are gathered in a hall, or reciting over water in a container, and so on? Is this considered forbidden?
Answer:
Yes, this is considered incorrect, meaning in the manner the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did and the scholars did, namely in the manner that gathers people, his supporters, and spends a great deal on them. Who said this? Is this from the practice of the Salaf? Or reciting in a water valley, or in an underground tank, or a rooftop tank, or otherwise? All of this is among the exaggerations that[Yusuf 12:40]. And what follows this is greed, greed for the water.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on some reciters who recite over the sick using a microphone, or over them while they are gathered in a hall, or reciting over water in a container, and so on? Is this considered forbidden?
Answer:
Yes, this is considered incorrect, meaning in the manner the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did and the scholars did, namely in the manner that gathers people, his supporters, and spends a great deal on them. Who said this? Is this from the practice of the Salaf? Or reciting in a water valley, or in an underground tank, or a rooftop tank, or otherwise? All of this is among the exaggerations that
for which Allah has sent down no authority
مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [17] — alfawzan.live (1:05:36)
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