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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on what is placed in some mosques, known as "the echo."

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The Shaykh : As for what exists now, which is placed in some mosques, what do they call it?
The student: The echo.

The Shaykh : The echo. This is forbidden, because this echo, as far as we have been informed, causes the letters to be repeated. For example, one says "al-musirrrr," yes, and so on with the rest of the letters; whenever one stops, it repeats the letter on which one stops. This is an addition to the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
Yes.
The reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
As for what follows, Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his Sahih, in the Book of the Prayer of the Traveler and its Shortening:
Source alathar.net

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