The ruling on saying "Ameen" to the imam's supplication in prayer
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The questioner:
May Allah forgive you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: In the praise of Allah the Mighty and Majestic in supplication, is it obligatory for the ma'mum to say "Subhan Allah" or to say "Ameen"? And what is the evidence for that?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Is it obligatory for the ma'mum to say "Subhan Allah" or to say "Ameen"?
The Shaykh:
To say "Ameen."
The questioner:
To say "Ameen," yes, saying "Ameen."
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
And what is the evidence for that?
The Shaykh:
If the imam is making supplication in the prayer, in the qunut, in the qunut of the witr, then the ma'mum says "Ameen" to the imam's supplication. This is in the qunut of the witr. As for other than that, the imam makes supplication and the ma'mum makes supplication; each makes supplication for himself, each makes supplication for himself in secret, and the voices are not raised in that. Rather, each makes supplication for himself in the ruku', in the sujud, and in the final tashahhud, each making supplication for himself in secret, the imam and the ma'mum.
May Allah forgive you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: In the praise of Allah the Mighty and Majestic in supplication, is it obligatory for the ma'mum to say "Subhan Allah" or to say "Ameen"? And what is the evidence for that?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Is it obligatory for the ma'mum to say "Subhan Allah" or to say "Ameen"?
The Shaykh:
To say "Ameen."
The questioner:
To say "Ameen," yes, saying "Ameen."
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
And what is the evidence for that?
The Shaykh:
If the imam is making supplication in the prayer, in the qunut, in the qunut of the witr, then the ma'mum says "Ameen" to the imam's supplication. This is in the qunut of the witr. As for other than that, the imam makes supplication and the ma'mum makes supplication; each makes supplication for himself, each makes supplication for himself in secret, and the voices are not raised in that. Rather, each makes supplication for himself in the ruku', in the sujud, and in the final tashahhud, each making supplication for himself in secret, the imam and the ma'mum.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماذا يقول المأموم إذا أثنى الإمام على الله في الدعاء؟ وما الدليل؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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