What is your opinion of some of the mu'adhdhins who turn off the internal and external loudspeakers during the iqamah and the recitation? What is the ruling?
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The Shaykh : Repeat the question.
The questioner : I say, some of the mu'adhdhins, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : He turns off the sound amplification device during the iqamah and the prayer.
The Shaykh : He turns it off?
The questioner : He turns it off during the adhan, the iqamah, and the prayer, both internal and external, or it has no sound for the prayer, only the imam's voice.
The Shaykh : And who turns it on?
The questioner : He does not turn it off; he only turns it on for the adhan, only for the adhan.
The Shaykh : Well, there is nothing wrong with that. This may be better, meaning that the loudspeaker is not used except for the adhan. That is the best.
But if it is used for the iqamah, there is nothing wrong with it. As for using it during the prayer, that is not allowed, because using it during the prayer leads to disturbing those who are close to the mosque. Do you understand?
The questioner : Even if it is the internal one, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Even the internal one has no need for it, as long as the mosque is not large and there is not a large congregation who hear the imam clearly. What is the benefit?The questioner : But some of them do not hear the imam's voice.
The Shaykh : If the mosque is such that it is not heard in, if the mosque is spacious or the congregation is large and they need the voice to be amplified, then there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : Shaykh, there are two lines of poetry. Shaykh, there are two lines of poetry written on a large sign that says, the two lines say:
"And whoever exposes himself to the crows to drive them away *** Upon his safety, he is inevitably ill-omened
And every good thing, however long its safety lasts, *** must eventually be defeated upon its pillars.
What is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding these two lines?
The Shaykh : By Allah, if you had written them and given them to me, I would write them now and give them to me so I could answer them.
The questioner : I say, some of the mu'adhdhins, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : He turns off the sound amplification device during the iqamah and the prayer.
The Shaykh : He turns it off?
The questioner : He turns it off during the adhan, the iqamah, and the prayer, both internal and external, or it has no sound for the prayer, only the imam's voice.
The Shaykh : And who turns it on?
The questioner : He does not turn it off; he only turns it on for the adhan, only for the adhan.
The Shaykh : Well, there is nothing wrong with that. This may be better, meaning that the loudspeaker is not used except for the adhan. That is the best.
But if it is used for the iqamah, there is nothing wrong with it. As for using it during the prayer, that is not allowed, because using it during the prayer leads to disturbing those who are close to the mosque. Do you understand?
The questioner : Even if it is the internal one, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Even the internal one has no need for it, as long as the mosque is not large and there is not a large congregation who hear the imam clearly. What is the benefit?The questioner : But some of them do not hear the imam's voice.
The Shaykh : If the mosque is such that it is not heard in, if the mosque is spacious or the congregation is large and they need the voice to be amplified, then there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : Shaykh, there are two lines of poetry. Shaykh, there are two lines of poetry written on a large sign that says, the two lines say:
"And whoever exposes himself to the crows to drive them away *** Upon his safety, he is inevitably ill-omened
And every good thing, however long its safety lasts, *** must eventually be defeated upon its pillars.
What is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding these two lines?
The Shaykh : By Allah, if you had written them and given them to me, I would write them now and give them to me so I could answer them.