Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

‏﴿وَّلَ‏ ‏َُتَ‏ هَر ‏ُبِصَالَ‏ تِكَ‏ ‏ُوَّلَ‏ ‏َُت ‏َافِت ‏ُِبَُِاُوَاب تَُِبَني ‏َُذَىلِكَ‏ ‏ُسَبِيال ﴾
{And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that
an [intermediate] way} [Surah al-Israa’ (17): 110]
“This Aayah was revealed while Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ was hiding himself in Makkah.
When he prayed with his companions, he used to raise his voice with the recitation of
Qur’aan, and if the Mushriks happened to hear him, they would insult the Qur’aan, the
One who revealed it, and the one who brought it. Therefore Allaah said to His Prophet
{And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly}, meaning: ‘Do not ‏:ﷺ
say your prayer so loudly that the pagans can hear you, nor say it in such a low tone
that your Companions do not hear you.’ {…but seek between that an [intermediate]
way (between these two extremes)}, meaning: ‘Let your Companions hear, but do not
relate the Qur’aan loudly, so that they may hear it from you.’” 229
229 Musnad Aḥmad (155, 1853), Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (4722, 7490, 7525, 7547) and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (446-145), all
from Abu Bishr, from Sa`eed Ibn Jubair, from Ibn `Abbaas.
(Shaikh al-Albaanee said): He (Ibn Katheer) then followed this narration with another narration, from `Ikrimah
from Ibn `Abbaas, which is more complete than this but I did not mention it because it is from the narrations of
Dawood Ibn al-Husain, from `Ikrimah; and he (Dawood) is “Ḍha`eef” as mentioned in “al-Taqreeb”.
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