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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Reciting Aloud, the One Who Forgets It, and Its Conditions

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The questioner:
What is the ruling on reciting aloud in the prayers in which it is prescribed to recite the Qur'an aloud? And how should one act if he forgets to recite aloud in one of the two rak'ahs or in both of them?

The Shaykh:
Reciting aloud in the night prayer, the Friday prayer, the eclipse prayer, and the festival prayer is recommended, recommended but not obligatory. If he recites quietly or forgets and recites quietly, his prayer is valid. If he remembers, he reads from the verse where he stopped, going back to the beginning of "Our Lord," for he began the al-Fatihah quietly. Then, if he remembers in the middle of the al-Fatihah, he completes the al-Fatihah aloud and builds upon his quiet recitation, and he does not repeat the al-Fatihah a second time. Reciting aloud is, in itself, a recommended practice (sunnah).

The questioner:
Leaving it does not invalidate the prayer.

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
And Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a young boy performed 'Umrah with his relatives

The Shaykh:
Knowing that if reciting aloud disturbs others, if reciting aloud disturbs the other worshippers, it is not permissible. He must use a voice that does not disturb others. Or if you have people sleeping, people who are asleep, you stand up to pray at night and recite aloud, saying, "I do not care about them, I will recite aloud and I do not care about them." This is not permissible; it is forbidden (haram) for him.
So, recite quietly or recite aloud only to the extent that you hear yourself, and do not harm the people. Or if you have a nearby mosque and you raise the volume of the speakers to the maximum, saying, "I do not care about the people." This is not permissible. The damage is upon you, so you bear the burden and the sin. This action is not permissible. This is not what Allah the Exalted approves of. Therefore, reciting aloud is only to be done without harm to the people. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 119 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الشهادات / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (32:20)

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