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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on broadcasting the iqamah and the imam's recitation outside the mosque using a loudspeaker?

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The Shaykh : I am going to say something you may not have heard before, but I testify to Allah that I believe that broadcasting the adhan with a loudspeaker is a legitimate religious benefit, but broadcasting the iqamah by the same means is not a legitimate religious benefit. This is because the Wise Lawgiver, when He legislated the adhan and legislated the iqamah, made a distinction between them. He placed the adhan on the roof of the mosque and placed the iqamah inside the mosque. He placed the adhan on the roof of the mosque to carry the mu'adhdhin's voice to the farthest possible place, and He encouraged this mu'adhdhin to have a loud voice. As for the iqamah, He placed it between the four walls of the mosque. Likewise, the recitation is attached to the iqamah, so it is not prescribed to broadcast the imam's recitation on Friday, in particular, nor in the five daily prayers in general, outside the mosque. This is because the purpose of this recitation is not to make it heard by everyone, but rather to make it heard by those who are praying in the mosque. Therefore, I see that what the Muslim world is doing today, which is not distinguishing between broadcasting the adhan, broadcasting the iqamah, and broadcasting the recitation, is an ugly mixing of what is prescribed and what is not prescribed. All of this is done with careful attention to applying the rule of unrestricted public interest (maslaha mursalah). This is what we say and testify to Allah.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. I say that mosques vary; in small mosques, the iqamah may be sufficient without a means, meaning without a loudspeaker. But in large mosques, such as the two mosques in Makkah and al-Madinah, if the iqamah is performed without this means, most people will not hear it.
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