Reciting aloud in the night prayer for the individual and its relation to showing off
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Question:
When I pray Maghrib and 'Isha', I pray aloud, as if I were the imam, and I raise my voice. Is there anything wrong with that, or is it showing off (riya') as Shaykh Salim says?
Answer:
In the night prayer, one recites aloud, whether one is praying alone or leading the prayer, because it is a recommended practice (sunnah). Reciting aloud in the daytime prayer is a recommended practice, whether it is an obligatory prayer or a voluntary one. There is no showing off in that, if Allah wills. Showing off depends on intentions and purposes. If his purpose in reciting aloud is to make people hear him so that they praise his voice, that is one thing. But if his purpose in reciting aloud is to act upon the Sunnah, then he is rewarded for it, and it is not...
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good
When I pray Maghrib and 'Isha', I pray aloud, as if I were the imam, and I raise my voice. Is there anything wrong with that, or is it showing off (riya') as Shaykh Salim says?
Answer:
In the night prayer, one recites aloud, whether one is praying alone or leading the prayer, because it is a recommended practice (sunnah). Reciting aloud in the daytime prayer is a recommended practice, whether it is an obligatory prayer or a voluntary one. There is no showing off in that, if Allah wills. Showing off depends on intentions and purposes. If his purpose in reciting aloud is to make people hear him so that they praise his voice, that is one thing. But if his purpose in reciting aloud is to act upon the Sunnah, then he is rewarded for it, and it is not...
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/066 — archive.org (9:12)
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