Raising the voice in supplication

Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best remembrance is that which is quiet."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Quiet remembrance, which the angels cannot write down: its reward is multiplied seventy times over other remembrance."

Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and the people were saying the takbir in loud voices. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Be gentle with yourselves. You are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent; rather, you are calling upon One who is All-Hearing and Near, and that Being is with you.'"

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the one praying performs his prayer, he speaks in secret with his Lord. So let each of you know what he is saying in secret to Him, and let none of you raise his voice over others."

Abu Mijlaz said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "O people, you are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent." That is, he was speaking about raising the voice in supplication.

Abdullah bin Nusayb said: "I prayed beside Sa'id bin al-Musayyib. When I sat in the second rak'ah, my voice became loud while supplicating, and he rebuked me sharply. When I had finished the prayer, I asked him: 'What did you dislike in me?' He said: 'What do you suppose? Is Allah not near you?'"

Abu Hashim said that Mujahid heard a man raising his voice during supplication, so he threw a pebble at him.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Rabi' and al-Hasan both used to dislike that a man's companion sitting with him should hear his supplication.

It is reported from Rabi', from al-Hasan, that they both disliked that a man should let the person sitting with him hear any of his supplication.

Mubarak said that al-Hasan said: "The Companions used to strive greatly in supplication, and nothing could be heard but a whisper."