Raising Voices with External Amplifiers in Mosques

Question:
Also, regarding the issue of raising voices in mosques, there are large speakers outside the mosque that cause disturbance to some other mosques. Some of the imams (may Allah guide them) are also enthusiastic about this matter and do not agree to turning them off, despite the fact that there is annoyance for some women or some children in the houses adjacent to the mosque, or for other mosques. And there was a directive from Your Eminence.

Answer:
A study was previously conducted with the Waqf (Endowment) Authority, and instructions were issued stating that it is necessary for the people of the mosques not to disturb one another. The presence of speakers that benefit people on the streets so that they enter the mosques and benefit from listening to the sermons is a required thing, and likewise the neighbors benefit from the sermons and hadiths. This is not required, but if the mosques are close to each other and they disturb one another, it is better to turn them off during the prayer so that they do not disgrace one another in the prayer, because one can hear from inside. As for listening to sermons and lessons, they should be turned on so that people benefit, but if they are close, they should be turned off. That is, the external amplifiers should be turned off so that the hearing of the takbirat and the recitation is for those inside, because it may disturb the other mosque nearby if it is close. This was issued in the directives from the Waqf Authority and was based on the issues of the imams. Yes.