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Is it permissible to announce a lost person using the mosque's loudspeakers?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a small child is lost in an area, is it permissible for his family to call out for him and announce his loss through the mosque's loudspeakers? The mosque

Answer:
No, one does not announce in the mosque, neither for a child nor for anyone else. As for outside the mosque, there is no objection, whether with the bare voice, with loudspeakers, or via the radio; there is no objection.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1524 -2802] هل يجوز إنشاد الضالة بمكبرات الصوت الخاصة بالمسجد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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