The ruling on the use of echo devices in the mosque
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Some mosques have echo devices. Is this permissible?The Shaykh: This person is asking about the echo in mosques.
I see: It is not permissible. If it causes the letters to be repeated, then its impermissibility is certain in my view; because repeating the letters means adding to the words of Allah the Exalted. Imam Ahmad and other scholars disliked the recitation of al-Kisa'i due to the intensity of its idgham or the length of its madd; because this necessitates that there be an addition to the words of Allah the Exalted. However, if it does not cause the letters to be repeated, I also see it as prohibited, but I do not assert it with absolute certainty; because the purpose of the Noble Qur'an is not for it to be like the melodies of songs and drums. The purpose is for a person to recite it with khushu' (humility), and perhaps his recitation without a loudspeaker is more conducive to khushu', as is generally observed. As for the command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to adorn the voices with the Qur'an, the intended meaning is the voices that Allah created humans with, not by bringing in a device. But if one is compelled to use a device, because we do not forbid it, rather we say it is from the bounty of Allah, if the mosque is spacious and your voice needs to be amplified in it, there is no harm, as is known now in al-Masjid al-Haram and al-Masjid al-Nabawi and other mosques of the Muslims. As for this sound called the echo, if it necessitates the repetition of the letters, it is haram (forbidden) and there is no doubt in it, because of the addition to the Qur'an. And if it does not include that, I also see it as prohibited.
I see: It is not permissible. If it causes the letters to be repeated, then its impermissibility is certain in my view; because repeating the letters means adding to the words of Allah the Exalted. Imam Ahmad and other scholars disliked the recitation of al-Kisa'i due to the intensity of its idgham or the length of its madd; because this necessitates that there be an addition to the words of Allah the Exalted. However, if it does not cause the letters to be repeated, I also see it as prohibited, but I do not assert it with absolute certainty; because the purpose of the Noble Qur'an is not for it to be like the melodies of songs and drums. The purpose is for a person to recite it with khushu' (humility), and perhaps his recitation without a loudspeaker is more conducive to khushu', as is generally observed. As for the command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to adorn the voices with the Qur'an, the intended meaning is the voices that Allah created humans with, not by bringing in a device. But if one is compelled to use a device, because we do not forbid it, rather we say it is from the bounty of Allah, if the mosque is spacious and your voice needs to be amplified in it, there is no harm, as is known now in al-Masjid al-Haram and al-Masjid al-Nabawi and other mosques of the Muslims. As for this sound called the echo, if it necessitates the repetition of the letters, it is haram (forbidden) and there is no doubt in it, because of the addition to the Qur'an. And if it does not include that, I also see it as prohibited.