Improving the Voice in Supplication During the Qunut of Witr and the Prescribed Manner of Supplication
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on improving and embellishing the voice during supplication, as we see today from the imams of the mosques in the qunut of witr in Ramadan? And what is the prescribed manner of supplication?
Answer:
Supplication is required. If the imam supplicates in the qunut, he raises his voice so that the ma'mum (those praying behind him) can hear it and say "Ameen" to his supplication. However, he does not recite with the same melodic intonation (tartil) as in the Qur'an; that specific tartil is for the Qur'an. He does not exaggerate in improving his voice or its intonation, but rather he pronounces the supplication loudly enough for the ma'mum to hear.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on improving and embellishing the voice during supplication, as we see today from the imams of the mosques in the qunut of witr in Ramadan? And what is the prescribed manner of supplication?
Answer:
Supplication is required. If the imam supplicates in the qunut, he raises his voice so that the ma'mum (those praying behind him) can hear it and say "Ameen" to his supplication. However, he does not recite with the same melodic intonation (tartil) as in the Qur'an; that specific tartil is for the Qur'an. He does not exaggerate in improving his voice or its intonation, but rather he pronounces the supplication loudly enough for the ma'mum to hear.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الرهب من مساوئ الأخلاق — islamhouse.com (1:06:34)
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