The ruling on praying behind an imam who raises his voice with a disturbing loudspeaker

The questioner : I say: I have two questions, may Allah preserve you, O Shaykh. The first question: I pray at a mosque in Riyadh, and a Shaykh leads us who is beloved by everyone. I pray at a mosque in Riyadh

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : The Shaykh is beloved by everyone and has excellent character, but his voice is very loud and disturbing, so I do not enjoy the recitation. I have advised him repeatedly, and others have advised him too, but he does not act on what we say. So should we pray with him despite his disturbing voice? Or should we leave him and pray in other mosques so that we can enjoy the prayer?

The Shaykh : Do not pray with a person with whom you do not attain khushu' (humility) in your prayer, and go to another mosque. If the matter is as you said, and that he prays with a disturbing loudspeaker, then my advice to him is to refrain from this, and to suffice with his normal voice if he does not need the loudspeaker. If he does need it, let it be at a volume that does not disturb people, because the imam