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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Reciting the Qur'an Aloud in the Mosque

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Question:
Please, my brother Abu Fahd. Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings. I say: We have a congregational mosque in the neighborhood. When we recite the Qur'an, meaning with a normal voice, people object to the person or they look to the left and right, asking why is this voice? One person raises his voice and recites the Qur'an. Why? He says, "You entered the mosque, so you should be in awe, meaning you do not say you are in awe of the mosque." Do you want to pray or wait and recite the Qur'an? I do not know. I mean, is it better and more preferable for one to recite silently or to recite with a voice? I mean, not a high voice, but the voice, meaning he recites the Qur'an just like any other. The question, O Abu Fahd, thank you.

Answer:
Yes, reciting the Qur'an has great virtue, especially in the mosque. However, if reciting the Qur'an aloud disturbs people, disturbs those who are reciting in the mosque, or disturbs the worshippers, then he does not recite aloud. The recitation that disturbs people is not permissible. But if there is no one there, or if he does not recite in a way that disturbs those around him, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1858 - حكم الجهر بقراءة القرآن في المسجد - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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