Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that a man should recite the Qur'an aloud before Isha or after it in such a way that he causes his companions who are praying to make mistakes.
Ahmad and Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains al-Harith, who is da'if (weak).
Hadith Takhrij«مسند احمد بن حنبل مسند العشرة المبشرين بالجنة مسند الخلفاء الراشدين مسند على بن ابي طالب رضى الله عنه حديث 654 مسند ابي يعلى الموصلي مسند على بن ابي طالب رضى الله عنه ، 475 شعب الإيمان للبيهقى فصل فى ترك التعمق فى القرآن ، 2545 ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 665»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) observed i'tikaf in the last ten days, and a hut (i.e. a small chamber) of palm leaves was built for him (peace and blessings be upon him). One night the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) put his head out of it and said: "O people! When the one praying is offering prayer, he is in intimate conversation with his Lord, so let him consider what he is saying to Him in that conversation. And do not raise your voices over one another!"
Ahmad, al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir recorded it; its chain contains Muhammad bin Abi Layla, and there is criticism concerning him. I say: In the Sahih, only the mention of the i'tikaf from this hadith is found.
Sayyiduna al-Bayadi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to the people while they were praying, and their voices had become loud in recitation. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one praying is in intimate conversation with his Lord, so let him consider how he is conversing with Him. And do not raise your voices over one another in reciting the Qur'an!"
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hudhafah (may Allah be pleased with him) stood to pray and began reciting aloud, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ibn Hudhafah! Do not make me hear; make your Lord hear!"
Ahmad, al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir recorded it, except that he said: It is narrated from Abu Salamah that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hudhafah (may Allah be pleased with him) (the hadith). The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih.
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) recited, he would keep his voice low; Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite aloud; and when Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) recited, he would read part of one surah and then read from another surah. This was mentioned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he asked Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): "Why do you recite in a low voice?" He replied: "I make the One with whom I am conversing hear me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "Why do you recite aloud?" He replied: "I drive away Satan and wake up the sleeper." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him): "Why do you read one surah and then another?" He replied: "Have you ever heard me add words that are not part of it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." He said: "Then all of it (all these surahs) is pure and good."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: "Why do you recite in a low voice?" He replied: "I make the One with whom I am conversing hear me." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: "Why do you recite aloud?" He said: "I wake up the sleeper." Another man was asked: "Why do you mix (different surahs) in your recitation?" He said: "Have you heard me add anything to it that is not part of it?" He replied: "No." He said: "These are pure and good things, which I mix with one another."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Ayyub bin Jabir, whom Ahmad and Amr bin Ali declared thiqah (trustworthy), while Ibn al-Madini and Ibn Ma'in declared him da'if (weak).
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) report concerning the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked out from a house, and the people were reciting aloud. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one praying is in intimate conversation with his Lord, so let him consider how he is conversing with Him. None of you should recite aloud over another.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Muhammad bin Amr, and there is criticism concerning him because of his poor memory.
Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who recites the Qur'an aloud is like one who gives charity openly, and the one who recites the Qur'an quietly is like one who gives charity secretly."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir through two routes; one chain contains Bashir bin Numayr, who is matruk (abandoned), and the other chain contains Ishaq bin Malik, whom al-Azdi declared da'if (weak).
Hadith Takhrij«المعجم الكبير للطبراني باب الصاد ما اسند ابو امامة القاسم بن عبد الرحمن بن يزيد الشامى مولى معاوية ، 7601 ، أخرجه المعجم الكبير للطبراني برقم: 7742»
Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever among you offers (voluntary) prayer at night should recite aloud, for the angels pray following his prayer and listen to his recitation. And the believers among the jinn who are in the open air, and who live with him in his house as neighbours, also pray following his prayer and listen to his recitation. Such a person, by reciting aloud, drives away the sinful jinn and the rebellious devils from his house and from the houses around him." After that the narrator mentioned the whole hadith. This hadith has already passed in full in the chapter on the night prayer, and the discussion on it has also passed there.
Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The recitation of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was drawn out; there was no tarji' (trilling of the voice) in it.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Amr bin Wajih, who is da'if (weak).
Alqamah bin Qays narrates: I spent a night with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). He got up in the early part of the night and stood to pray. He recited the way the imam of his neighbourhood mosque recites: he recited with tartil (measured recitation), without tarji'; those around him could hear his voice, and he did not trill his voice; until, when there remained of the darkness before dawn only as much time as there is between the adhan of Maghrib and finishing the prayer, he offered the witr.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Whoever makes his own ears hear (his recitation) is not one who recites inaudibly.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.