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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on raising the voice when reciting the Qur'an in the mosque?

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Question:
He says: What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an in the mosque in a loud voice before the prayer, with many of the worshippers present, each reciting individually?

Answer:
The Sunnah is not to raise the voice; one should not raise the voice. Raising the voice is disliked or forbidden because it causes harm. Therefore, for the one in the mosque, the Sunnah is to lower his voice so that no worshipper or reciter is harmed by it. This is because everyone may wish to recite or pray, and if those around him raise their voices in recitation, it disrupts his prayer and his recitation.
So the Sunnah is that he lowers his voice to a degree that does not harm him and does not disrupt those around him, meaning: a suitable lowering, reciting in a suitable manner that does not cause disruption to those around him.
It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he came out one day to the people in his mosque, and they were praying at night, with some of them raising their voices over others. He said:
Each of you is conversing with Allah, so do not harm one another.كلكم يناجي الله، فلا يؤذ بعضكم بعضًا
This means: Lower your voices, and do not harm one another by raising your voices.
This is an observed and reasonable matter. If someone next to you raises his voice, it disrupts your recitation and your prayer. So either you listen to him, or you disrupt your own prayer and recitation. Therefore, it is obligatory for the one who recites in the rows—I repeat this obligation, or the confirmed one—not to raise his voice, but rather to lower his voice, and not to be loud during his recitation in the row, so that those around him among the worshippers and reciters are not harmed by it.
However, if you have a limited group who are pleased with it and listen to him, there is no harm. If there is a small group in the mosque waiting for the one who is praying and not reciting, and they wish to hear his voice, there is no harm. But if there are people praying and people reciting, no, he does not raise his voice. Yes.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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