The Ruling on Using a Loudspeaker in the Audible Prayers
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Question:
What is the ruling on the imam using a loudspeaker in the loud prayers, such as the Fajr and 'Isha' prayers, where we hear people saying that this is a bid'ah (religious innovation)?
Answer:
No, there is nothing wrong with it. This facilitates good. The reading through the loudspeaker allows Allah to make it known to everyone; the distant person hears it, the people hear it, and the passersby hear it. A large number of people benefit from it. The claim that it is a bid'ah is a wrong 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 the loudspeaker, 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 using a loudspeaker in the loud prayers, such as the Fajr and 'Isha' prayers, where we hear people saying that this is a bid'ah (religious innovation)?
Answer:
No, there is nothing wrong with it. This facilitates good. The reading through the loudspeaker allows Allah to make it known to everyone; the distant person hears it, the people hear it, and the passersby hear it. A large number of people benefit from it. The claim that it is a bid'ah is a wrong 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 the loudspeaker, 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-أخرى — archive.org (18:04)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.