What is the correct practical form of saying "Ameen" by the imam and the ma'mum?
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The questioner : Regarding the saying of "Ameen," what is the practical application between the imam and the ma'mum?
The Shaykh : The practical application of saying "Ameen," what did I say after it?
The questioner : Between the imam and the ma'mum?
The Shaykh : Do you mean you want to know the form of: "Ameen"?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For example, I say that I have reached the end of Surat al-Fatihah:[Al-Fatihah 1:7] The imam here may be a reciter, or he may be from the general public. It is permissible for the reciter to extend this elongation for two or four movements.
The congregation may have reached "Ameen" before him, so there is no difference. For example, I say:[Al-Fatihah 1:7] but the people would make a noise with "Ameen," and I, when I finish settling the noon of for two, four, or six movements, therefore the worshippers should be attentive to the imam's recitation, and this is what the Qur'an commanded: [Muhammad 47:24], and their contemplation of the recitation of the Qur'an necessitates that they be attentive to the imam's completion of his saying: , and they should observe that imams differ in this:
Some of them extend for six movements, and some extend for two movements.
So it is necessary that we observe the imam's completion of reciting We take our breath as if we were the reciters, so when the imam begins with: "AaAaAa," we say with him: "AaAaAa" so that he finishes "Ameen" and then we finish saying: "Ameen."
This is in the most probable opinion of the scholars in interpreting the previous hadith:Sunan Abi Dawud 936Sahih (Al-Albani) For in the interpretation of this hadith, there are two opinions of the scholars:
The first is: and it is the stronger opinion, and Allah knows best: when he says "Ameen," meaning: when he begins "Ameen," if he begins, then you begin. This is the first opinion.
The second opinion is: when he finishes saying: "Ameen," meaning: when he settles the noon, then you say "Ameen" after that.
This second opinion has validity, especially for these people who are accustomed to racing the imam with "Ameen," so they should therefore control and hold their breaths when the imam reaches:[Al-Fatihah 1:7] The imam began and said: "Ameen," so you say "Ameen" after he begins. This is the form of how to follow the imam and not race him in his saying: "Ameen."
The Shaykh : The practical application of saying "Ameen," what did I say after it?
The questioner : Between the imam and the ma'mum?
The Shaykh : Do you mean you want to know the form of: "Ameen"?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For example, I say that I have reached the end of Surat al-Fatihah:
not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.
غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالينThe congregation may have reached "Ameen" before him, so there is no difference. For example, I say:
not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.
غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالينnor those who go astray
ولا الضالينThen do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?
أفلا يتدبرون القرآن أم على قلوب أقفالهاnor those who go astray
ولا الضآلينSome of them extend for six movements, and some extend for two movements.
So it is necessary that we observe the imam's completion of reciting
nor those who go astray
ولا الضالينThis is in the most probable opinion of the scholars in interpreting the previous hadith:
When the Imam says Amin, say Amin
إذا أمَّن الإمام فأمِّنواThe first is: and it is the stronger opinion, and Allah knows best: when he says "Ameen," meaning: when he begins "Ameen," if he begins, then you begin. This is the first opinion.
The second opinion is: when he finishes saying: "Ameen," meaning: when he settles the noon, then you say "Ameen" after that.
This second opinion has validity, especially for these people who are accustomed to racing the imam with "Ameen," so they should therefore control and hold their breaths when the imam reaches: