The ruling on the takbir via microphone before the Eid prayer to remind the people
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: One of the imams of the mosques on the Eids assigns one of the young men to recite the takbir before the Eid prayer via the microphone, under the assumption that this reminds the people so that they will recite the takbir. Is this action an innovation?
Answer:
It is not an innovation as long as it is one person, not a group. One person recites the takbir and raises his voice, or it is amplified, in order to remind the people; there is nothing wrong with that. However, if they do it as a group with one voice, that is the innovation: the group takbir, the collective takbir.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: One of the imams of the mosques on the Eids assigns one of the young men to recite the takbir before the Eid prayer via the microphone, under the assumption that this reminds the people so that they will recite the takbir. Is this action an innovation?
Answer:
It is not an innovation as long as it is one person, not a group. One person recites the takbir and raises his voice, or it is amplified, in order to remind the people; there is nothing wrong with that. However, if they do it as a group with one voice, that is the innovation: the group takbir, the collective takbir.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [309- 4717] حكم التكبير بالميكرفون قبل صلاة العيد لتذكير الناس - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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