How do we reconcile the recommendation that the mu'adhdhin have a clear voice with the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "If people knew what is in the call to prayer and the first row..."

The questioner : If you permit me, if there is an apparent contradiction between the advice to compete for the call to prayer and the first row, or specifically the call to prayer, and the encouragement for the one with the clearest voice to call the people to prayer.

The Shaykh : Between the encouragement for what?

The questioner : The encouragement that the one with the clearest voice among you, the soft-voiced one, should call.

The Shaykh : ... .

The questioner : The text of the hadith that I am mentioning.

The Shaykh : I do not care about the text of the hadith; I want to understand from you.

The questioner : The one with the clearest voice.

The Shaykh : The clearest.

The questioner : The clearest voice.

Another questioner : The Sunnah for the call to prayer is for the one with the clearest voice, and the hadith about drawing lots.

The questioner : Drawing lots or casting lots for the call to prayer.

The Shaykh : It is easy regarding the contradiction, do you think?

The questioner : Okay, if there is, O Shaykh, how is it understood, if you permit me?

The Shaykh : There is no contradiction. If there are two who are equal in having the clearest voice, then there is a drawing of lots. But if one has a hoarse voice, like my case where my voice does not come out well, and the other has a clearer voice, then no drawing of lots is needed.

The questioner: No...