The ruling on moving the lips in prayer and in reciting the Qur'an
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Is it obligatory to move the lips in prayer, in dhikr, and in recitation? Or is it sufficient to recite without moving the lips?
It is necessary to move the lips when reciting the Qur'an in prayer, and likewise when reciting the obligatory dhikr such as the takbir, tasbih, tahmid, and tashahhud; because it is not called speech unless it is articulated, and there is no articulation without moving the lips and the tongue. For this reason, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) knew the recitation of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) by the movement of his beard—Meaning: by its movement—but the scholars differed on whether it is obligatory for one to hear oneself? Or is it sufficient to articulate the letters?So some of them said: It is necessary for one to hear oneself,Meaning: it is necessary for one to have a voice that he himself hears,And some of them said: it is sufficient if one articulates the letters, and this is the correct position.
It is necessary to move the lips when reciting the Qur'an in prayer, and likewise when reciting the obligatory dhikr such as the takbir, tasbih, tahmid, and tashahhud; because it is not called speech unless it is articulated, and there is no articulation without moving the lips and the tongue. For this reason, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) knew the recitation of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) by the movement of his beard—Meaning: by its movement—but the scholars differed on whether it is obligatory for one to hear oneself? Or is it sufficient to articulate the letters?So some of them said: It is necessary for one to hear oneself,Meaning: it is necessary for one to have a voice that he himself hears,And some of them said: it is sufficient if one articulates the letters, and this is the correct position.