The Ruling on Using a Loudspeaker in the Audible Prayers
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Question:
What is the ruling on the imam’s recitation in the audible prayers using a loudspeaker, which he and others use, given that we hear people saying that this is a religious innovation (bid'ah)?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it; this facilitates good. If he recites through the loudspeaker, Allah benefits everyone with it: the distant person hears it, the people hear it, and the passersby hear it. The many who are heedless benefit from it. The claim that it is a bid'ah is a false statement; this is an error, because conveying the voice is required—conveying the Qur'an, conveying the Sunnah, and conveying the call to Allah through writing, through loudspeakers, through messages, and through books is a required matter. This is part of conveying the message and assisting in good. Yes.
What is the ruling on the imam’s recitation in the audible prayers using a loudspeaker, which he and others use, given that we hear people saying that this is a religious innovation (bid'ah)?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it; this facilitates good. If he recites through the loudspeaker, Allah benefits everyone with it: the distant person hears it, the people hear it, and the passersby hear it. The many who are heedless benefit from it. The claim that it is a bid'ah is a false statement; this is an error, because conveying the voice is required—conveying the Qur'an, conveying the Sunnah, and conveying the call to Allah through writing, through loudspeakers, through messages, and through books is a required matter. This is part of conveying the message and assisting in good. Yes.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 17 — archive.org (18:46)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.