The Sunnah of establishing the prayer and raising the voice in it for the one praying alone
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. A listener from Libya, Abdullah Sulayman, sent a question and says: Is it obligatory for the one praying alone to recite the iqamah aloud in the obligatory prayer, and is the iqamah dropped for the ma'mum? May Allah reward you with good. Yes. Is it obligatory for the one praying alone to recite the iqamah aloud in the obligatory prayer, and is the iqamah dropped for the ma'mum? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is not obligatory. The iqamah is a recommended practice (sunnah). If he leaves it out, his prayer is valid, but he has left a recommended practice. Raising the voice in the iqamah is better than keeping it quiet; raising the voice is better, even if he is praying alone. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. A listener from Libya, Abdullah Sulayman, sent a question and says: Is it obligatory for the one praying alone to recite the iqamah aloud in the obligatory prayer, and is the iqamah dropped for the ma'mum? May Allah reward you with good. Yes. Is it obligatory for the one praying alone to recite the iqamah aloud in the obligatory prayer, and is the iqamah dropped for the ma'mum? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is not obligatory. The iqamah is a recommended practice (sunnah). If he leaves it out, his prayer is valid, but he has left a recommended practice. Raising the voice in the iqamah is better than keeping it quiet; raising the voice is better, even if he is praying alone. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4302- سنية إقامة الصلاة والجهر بها للمنفرد - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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