Six Authentic Āthār of the Companions Regarding Loud Āmīn by Imām and Followers
Excerpted from the book: "Namāz Mein Ūnchī Āwāz Se Āmīn Kahna"
Author: Muḥammad Muẓaffar al-Shīrāzī (Principal, Jāmiʿah Imām Bukhārī, Sialkot)
Translated by: Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Razzāq Aẓhar
Narrated by ʿAbd al-Razzāq from Ibn Jurayj, who said:
“I asked ʿAṭāʾ رحمه الله: Did Ibn al-Zubayr رضي الله عنه say Āmīn after Surah al-Fātiḥah?
He replied: Yes, both he and those behind him would say Āmīn so loudly that the entire mosque would echo.
Then he said: Āmīn is a duʿāʾ.
Also, *Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه would enter the masjid while the imām had already begun, and he would say: ‘Do not precede me in saying Āmīn.’”
Musannaf ʿAbd al-Razzāq 2/98, Bāb Āmīn, ḥadīth no. 263
Isnāduhu Ṣaḥīḥ
Narrated by ʿAbd al-Razzāq from Ibn Jurayj, who said:
“I asked ʿAṭāʾ: Do you say Āmīn?
He replied: I never leave it — not in obligatory nor in voluntary prayers.
He added: I heard the imāms say it after Surah al-Fātiḥah, and those behind them would say it so loudly that the mosque would echo.”
Musannaf ʿAbd al-Razzāq 2/98, ḥadīth no. 2634
Isnāduhu Ṣaḥīḥ
Narrated by ʿAbd al-Razzāq from Dāwūd ibn Qays, from Manṣūr ibn Maysarah, who said:
“I prayed behind Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه. When he recited:
﴿غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ﴾
he would say Āmīn in such a voice that we could hear him, and those praying behind him would also say Āmīn.”
Musannaf ʿAbd al-Razzāq 2/96, ḥadīth no. 2632
Narrated by Ibn Jurayj from Ṭāwūs’s son, who said:
“He knew his father to say: Both the imām and those behind him say Āmīn.”
Musannaf ʿAbd al-Razzāq 2/96, ḥadīth no. 2642
Narrated by Ibn Abī Shaybah, who said:
Wakīʿ narrated from Fiṭr, who narrated from ʿIkrimah, who said:
“I found people such that when their imām recited:
﴿غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ﴾
they would say Āmīn so loudly that their mosques would echo.”
Musannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 2/425, Kitāb al-Ṣalawāt, Bāb mā dhukira fī Āmīn
Isnāduhu Ṣaḥīḥ
Narrated by Ibn Abī Shaybah, who said:
Wakīʿ narrated from Rabīʿ, who narrated from ʿAṭāʾ, who said:
“In our mosque, when the imām recited:
﴿غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ﴾
the masjid would echo with the loud Āmīn of the congregation.”
Musannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 2/426
Isnāduhu Ṣaḥīḥ
These six authentic āthār from the companions and tābiʿīn clearly establish:
✔ The imām and followers would say Āmīn aloud after the recitation of Surah al-Fātiḥah.
✔ The sound of their collective Āmīn would echo through the mosque, indicating it was public and audible.
✔ This practice is rooted in authentic and consistent historical tradition from the earliest generations of Islam.
Excerpted from the book: "Namāz Mein Ūnchī Āwāz Se Āmīn Kahna" Author: Muḥammad Muẓaffar al-Shīrāzī (Principal, Jāmiʿah Imām Bukhārī, Sialkot) Translated by: Ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Razzāq Aẓhar❶ First Report:
Narrated by ʿAbd al-Razzāq from Ibn Jurayj, who said:
“I asked ʿAṭāʾ رحمه الله: Did Ibn al-Zubayr رضي الله عنه say Āmīn after Surah al-Fātiḥah?
He replied: Yes, both he and those behind him would say Āmīn so loudly that the entire mosque would echo.
Then he said: Āmīn is a duʿāʾ.
Also, *Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه would enter the masjid while the imām had already begun, and he would say: ‘Do not precede me in saying Āmīn.’”
Musannaf ʿAbd al-Razzāq 2/98, Bāb Āmīn, ḥadīth no. 263 Isnāduhu Ṣaḥīḥ❷ Second Report:
Narrated by ʿAbd al-Razzāq from Ibn Jurayj, who said:
“I asked ʿAṭāʾ: Do you say Āmīn?
He replied: I never leave it — not in obligatory nor in voluntary prayers.
He added: I heard the imāms say it after Surah al-Fātiḥah, and those behind them would say it so loudly that the mosque would echo.”
Musannaf ʿAbd al-Razzāq 2/98, ḥadīth no. 2634 Isnāduhu Ṣaḥīḥ❸ Third Report:
Narrated by ʿAbd al-Razzāq from Dāwūd ibn Qays, from Manṣūr ibn Maysarah, who said:
“I prayed behind Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه. When he recited:
﴿غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ﴾
he would say Āmīn in such a voice that we could hear him, and those praying behind him would also say Āmīn.”
Musannaf ʿAbd al-Razzāq 2/96, ḥadīth no. 2632❹ Fourth Report:
Narrated by Ibn Jurayj from Ṭāwūs’s son, who said:
“He knew his father to say: Both the imām and those behind him say Āmīn.”
Musannaf ʿAbd al-Razzāq 2/96, ḥadīth no. 2642❺ Fifth Report:
Narrated by Ibn Abī Shaybah, who said:
Wakīʿ narrated from Fiṭr, who narrated from ʿIkrimah, who said:
“I found people such that when their imām recited:
﴿غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ﴾
they would say Āmīn so loudly that their mosques would echo.”
Musannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 2/425, Kitāb al-Ṣalawāt, Bāb mā dhukira fī Āmīn Isnāduhu Ṣaḥīḥ❻ Sixth Report:
Narrated by Ibn Abī Shaybah, who said:
Wakīʿ narrated from Rabīʿ, who narrated from ʿAṭāʾ, who said:
“In our mosque, when the imām recited:
﴿غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ﴾
the masjid would echo with the loud Āmīn of the congregation.”
Musannaf Ibn Abī Shaybah 2/426 Isnāduhu Ṣaḥīḥ
Conclusion:
These six authentic āthār from the companions and tābiʿīn clearly establish:
✔ The imām and followers would say Āmīn aloud after the recitation of Surah al-Fātiḥah.
✔ The sound of their collective Āmīn would echo through the mosque, indicating it was public and audible.
✔ This practice is rooted in authentic and consistent historical tradition from the earliest generations of Islam.
