Placing a microphone in the prayer in some mosques of the Islamic world, following the example of the Haram.
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The student : Praise be to Allah. This means the revival of the people of the Sunnah. Praise be to Allah. This is a clear matter, especially since what happens in the Haram is generally applied in other areas, even if it is a religious innovation.
The Shaykh : He is the imam of all the mosques.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : I mean, someone entered a mosque in Malaysia.
Another student: Peace be upon you.
The student : And he found the mu'adhdhin.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The student : He found the mu'adhdhin and the imam with one or two ma'mums, and yet the mu'adhdhin is saying takbir along with them.
Another student: A microphone.
Another student: And I saw this in Turkey as well. The imam is with four individuals, and he is sitting alone in a soundproof booth there, praying alone, while the mu'adhdhin imitates the Haram.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : We have something worse than that in Syria, yes.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : Do you have a microphone? Yes, yes, yes, there is no one.
The student : A break.
The Shaykh : Put it back there, my son. In Syria, in Ramadan, among the traditions and religious innovations that are strongly condemned by both the Shari'ah and reason, there is a small mosque. When they stand for the tarawih prayer, perhaps there is only one or two rows in the mosque, given its small size. Yet there must be a microphone behind the imam. The imam says Allahu akbar, and the mu'adhdhin says Allahu akbar. And for whom, my brother, is this amplification? The imam's voice fills the mosque. What is the point? The reality is that it is narrow. So why this amplification? This is the custom.
The student : I said, Shaykh, in Malaysia, only two people pray behind the imam. Two people pray, and the mu'adhdhin amplifies for just two men.
The Shaykh : This is part of the strangeness of Islam.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is part of the strangeness of Islam.
The student : They say this happens in the Haram. It happens in the Haram.
The Shaykh : He is the imam of all the mosques.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : I mean, someone entered a mosque in Malaysia.
Another student: Peace be upon you.
The student : And he found the mu'adhdhin.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The student : He found the mu'adhdhin and the imam with one or two ma'mums, and yet the mu'adhdhin is saying takbir along with them.
Another student: A microphone.
Another student: And I saw this in Turkey as well. The imam is with four individuals, and he is sitting alone in a soundproof booth there, praying alone, while the mu'adhdhin imitates the Haram.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : We have something worse than that in Syria, yes.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : Do you have a microphone? Yes, yes, yes, there is no one.
The student : A break.
The Shaykh : Put it back there, my son. In Syria, in Ramadan, among the traditions and religious innovations that are strongly condemned by both the Shari'ah and reason, there is a small mosque. When they stand for the tarawih prayer, perhaps there is only one or two rows in the mosque, given its small size. Yet there must be a microphone behind the imam. The imam says Allahu akbar, and the mu'adhdhin says Allahu akbar. And for whom, my brother, is this amplification? The imam's voice fills the mosque. What is the point? The reality is that it is narrow. So why this amplification? This is the custom.
The student : I said, Shaykh, in Malaysia, only two people pray behind the imam. Two people pray, and the mu'adhdhin amplifies for just two men.
The Shaykh : This is part of the strangeness of Islam.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is part of the strangeness of Islam.
The student : They say this happens in the Haram. It happens in the Haram.
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