The Ruling on Collective Supplication
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Question:
May Allah reward you. He says: What is the stronger position regarding collective supplication?
Answer:
It is shorter, but one person makes the supplication and the others say "Ameen." One person supplicates and the others say "Ameen"; this is what is prescribed, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate and say "Ameen" in the Qunut and other places. So, if he supplicates and his brothers in the gathering say "Ameen" with him, there is no harm. As for everyone saying "O Allah, forgive us all" and "O Allah, have mercy on us," with everyone shouting, we do not know of this being prescribed by Allah. It is shorter, but one person supplicates and the rest say "Ameen." Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
May Allah reward you. He says: What is the stronger position regarding collective supplication?
Answer:
It is shorter, but one person makes the supplication and the others say "Ameen." One person supplicates and the others say "Ameen"; this is what is prescribed, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate and say "Ameen" in the Qunut and other places. So, if he supplicates and his brothers in the gathering say "Ameen" with him, there is no harm. As for everyone saying "O Allah, forgive us all" and "O Allah, have mercy on us," with everyone shouting, we do not know of this being prescribed by Allah. It is shorter, but one person supplicates and the rest say "Ameen." Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ٨ — archive.org (34:20)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.