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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on moving between mosques to hear the recitations of the imams

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Question:
Also, some men go to the tarawih prayer looking for certain imams, and some mosques that are distinguished by beautiful voices. Is there anything wrong with that, Honorable Shaykh?

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with a person going to follow an imam whose recitation he benefits from and is moved by. However, one should not exaggerate in these matters, as some mosques have exaggerations and things from the imam that are not pleasing, such as raising the volume of the microphone, or feigning humility, or lengthening the qunut beyond the custom, or other matters that the imam should avoid. The imam should be moderate in his prayer, not exaggerating in raising his voice, feigning humility, or excessive supplication to the point of burdening the ma'mum (those praying behind him), nor shortening it to the point of clicking through the prayer, lightening it, or neglecting the recitation or other matters that involve shortcoming in the prayer. So the mosque imam takes the middle path and seeks the Sunnah in this. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6 من 28|من أحكام الصيام|المرأة المسلمة وصلاة التراويح|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (3:01)

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