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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: الاختيار للإمام والمأموم في أن يخفيا الذكر
Chapter: The preference for the imam and follower to do remembrance quietly
Bayhaqi 3008 — The preference for the imam and follower
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: " فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ يَقُولُ: {وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا} [الإسراء: ١١٠] يَعْنِي الدُّعَاءَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ، وَلَا تَجْهَرْ: تَرْفَعْ، وَلَا تُخَافِتْ: حَتَّى لَا تُسْمِعْ نَفْسَكَ ".
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Indeed Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: 'And do not recite your prayer too loudly, nor too quietly.' [Surah al-Isra: 110]
What is meant by it (the prayer) is supplication, and Allah knows best.
And the meaning of 'Do not be loud' is that you should not raise your voice very high, and the meaning of 'nor too quiet' is that it should not be so quiet that you yourself cannot hear it."
What is meant by it (the prayer) is supplication, and Allah knows best.
And the meaning of 'Do not be loud' is that you should not raise your voice very high, and the meaning of 'nor too quiet' is that it should not be so quiet that you yourself cannot hear it."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ، ثنا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا فِي قَوْلِهِ: " {لَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا} [الإسراء: ١١٠] قَالَتْ: " هُوَ الدُّعَاءُ ".
Concerning the saying of Allah Almighty, 'And do not recite your prayer too loudly, nor too quietly' [Surah al-Isra: 110], it is reported from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that what is meant by it is supplication.
