Is it prescribed for the follower to say "Ameen" aloud like the imam?

The Shaykh : This is a question now from some of the brothers regarding the previous discussion, if there are questions here... It is whether it is prescribed for the follower to say "Ameen" aloud like the imam? The answer is that there is no authentic hadith in the Sunnah, traced to the Messenger (peace be upon him), that prescribes the followers saying "Ameen" aloud as the imam does. And when I say "authentic," I mean by that that there is a hadith in Sunan Ibn Majah, which is weak, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to say, when he said , the people behind him would say "Ameen" and raise their voices with it, until the mosque would shake. This hadith is not authentic in terms of its chain of narration, because it contains a man named Isma'il ibn Rafi' al-Madani, as I recall now, or Bishr... and in any case, it is weak and cannot serve as proof. As for the hadith by which we established the prescription of the imam saying "Ameen" aloud, it does not indicate to us that anyone other than the imam participates with him in raising his voice. That hadith is the hadith of Wa'il ibn Hujr, who is the one who transmitted this Sunnah to us, where he said: "He prayed behind the Prophet (peace be upon him), and when he said

not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.

غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالين

[Al-Fatihah 1:7]

, he said 'Ameen' and raised his voice with it". So we say that this noble Companion is the one who transmitted this Sunnah to us. If the Companions of the Prophet (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him) had also been saying "Ameen" aloud behind him, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) did, they would have told us, as came in the weak hadith: "The Messenger (peace be upon him) said 'Ameen' and raised his voice with it, and those behind him raised their voices with it". The evidence was that there was no raising of the voice with "Ameen" from anyone other than the Messenger (may the prayer and peace of Allah be upon him). Therefore, he narrated what he heard and omitted what he did not hear. The hadith itself has a dual indication: by its explicit wording, it is evidence for the Sunnah of the imam saying "Ameen" aloud, and by its implied meaning, it is evidence that the Sunnah for the follower is to say "Ameen" quietly. Here is a question that contains strangeness...

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : ... Here is a question with some strangeness. The questioner says: After "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim," only the saying of "Ameen" aloud? And what is the interpretation of the verse ? Now we remind the questioner of two facts. This verse was revealed in the early days of Islam, when the Messenger (peace be upon him) was praying in some of the houses of his Companions, and the polytheists would gather around his house and might harm the Messenger (peace be upon him) and insult his true object of worship. So his Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He) commanded him to seek a middle path between raising his voice and lowering it in recitation. This is what is intended by the verse. But if he stands to lead people in prayer, and the people are numerous, and the mosque is spacious, or if he is praying, for example, in the desert, like during the season of Hajj, then this verse does not apply, and it does not occur to the questioner in this situation that it is not prescribed for the imam to raise his voice. Yes, if the questioner means that the imam raising his voice with "Ameen" is more than the recitation, then this is a valid question, and we say: Do not raise the voice with "Ameen" more than the voice of the recitation itself. It is sufficient for the imam to raise his voice with "Ameen" to the extent of his recitation. Raising the voice is only raised according to need. If you are praying in an enclosed place and there are a limited, small number of people praying behind you, it is not the same as if you were in the open and there were hundreds of people praying behind you. In that case, you raise your voice according to need and according to what allows you to convey the Quran to the worshippers behind you... There is nothing else related to the previous discussion. After this, we return to answering some of the questions, and I hope that the questions mentioned above are sufficient... The reality is that they have multiplied, and it is not possible to answer them until midnight, so be patient with us a little until we finish with the questions we have.