The hadith of Ibn 'Abbas in "Sahih al-Bukhari": (We used to know the end of the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) by the takbir). What is its meaning?

The questioner : A questioner asks and says: The hadith of Ibn 'Abbas in "al-Bukhari": "We used to know the end of the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) by the takbir." What is its meaning? And does this permit raising the voice in dhikr and supplication in the five daily prayers? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : What we see in this authentic hadith is what the Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his book *al-Umm*: that this raising of the voice was from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) after the prayers, in the context of teaching his Companions the prescribed dhikr after prayer. The Imam or scholar al-'Ayni mentions in his book *Umdat al-Qari, Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari* that the hadith itself contains a clear indication that the matter of raising the voice in takbir after prayer did not continue; because he said: "We used to know that in the time of the Messenger (peace be upon him)," which indicates that what was known did not continue to be practiced. This is what is consistent with the general principles found in the Book and the Sunnah, which encourage lowering the voice and not raising it in all dhikr. The clearest relevant hadith for this is the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, which Imam Malik narrated in *al-Muwatta*, and Abu Dawud in *al-Sunan*, and others, with an authentic chain, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard voices in the mosque, so he lifted the curtain and said: . This is because raising the voice causes disturbance to many of the people present in the mosque, especially since this is contrary to the hadith narrated byThe Shaykh : them in *Sahihayn* from the hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "We were returning on a journey with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and whenever we ascended a high place, we raised our voices in takbir, and whenever we descended into a valley, we raised our voices in tasbih." He said (peace and blessings be upon him): . The point in this is his saying (peace be upon him): , "Be gentle with yourselves," because the One you are calling out to and remembering is All-Hearing, All-Seeing, so there is no wisdom in exhausting yourselves by raising your voices in the remembrance of your Lord. This is while you are in the desert, so what about the mosque, which—as we constantly and perpetually observe—should have some people who are late to the prayer by a rak'ah or more? When people raise their voices in dhikr, there is no doubt that these latecomers in their prayer are affected by some harm and disturbance. For this reason, the Messenger (peace be upon him) explicitly stated in the aforementioned hadith of Abu Sa'id: . Imam al-Baghawi and others added: , meaning: by raising your voices in dhikr, you harm the believers, and that is only by disturbing the reciters, the those who remember Allah, and the latecomers among the praying people. Yes.