Reciting the Qur'an aloud or quietly
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The questioner:
Or reciting the Qur'an to himself, or leaving it to chance? Does he recite to himself or not?
The Shaykh:
One should do what is best, and we dislike it if there is someone listening to him recite aloud so that he may benefit from it. If he is with someone who can cover for him, he should do what brings more humility. If his reciting aloud brings more humility, he recites aloud; if his reciting quietly brings more humility, he recites quietly. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said regarding the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) night prayer: sometimes he would recite aloud, and sometimes he would recite quietly. However, he did not complete the recitation without something he could hear. If it is a movement of the tongue, that is contemplation, not recitation. There is thinking, but it is not recitation by a traveler or a sheep.
The questioner:
The one who prays for a relative among the people, meaning.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory to recite al-Fatihah, the opening of the rak'ah in the prayer. For the imam, it is obligatory on the part of the ma'mum.
Or reciting the Qur'an to himself, or leaving it to chance? Does he recite to himself or not?
The Shaykh:
One should do what is best, and we dislike it if there is someone listening to him recite aloud so that he may benefit from it. If he is with someone who can cover for him, he should do what brings more humility. If his reciting aloud brings more humility, he recites aloud; if his reciting quietly brings more humility, he recites quietly. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said regarding the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) night prayer: sometimes he would recite aloud, and sometimes he would recite quietly. However, he did not complete the recitation without something he could hear. If it is a movement of the tongue, that is contemplation, not recitation. There is thinking, but it is not recitation by a traveler or a sheep.
The questioner:
The one who prays for a relative among the people, meaning.
The Shaykh:
It is obligatory to recite al-Fatihah, the opening of the rak'ah in the prayer. For the imam, it is obligatory on the part of the ma'mum.
Source
شرح الوابل الصيب من الكلم الطيب، الثالثة والسبعون، من قوله : وذكر الحافظ أبو موسى من حديث أبي بكر الصديق — islamhouse.com (51:51)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.