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01 Oct 2024 10:31

🔉READING "ALOUD" THE ADHKĀR AFTER OBLIGATORY PRAYERS

❝ The author, وفقه الله, mentioned that:

the Sunnah in the above adhkār (i.e. remembrances upon the completion of obligatory prayers) is to recite them aloud after every prescribed prayer.

Reciting aloud (Al-Jahr) means raising the voice with the intention of making others hear, even if they do not. Reciting quietly (Al-Isrār) means lowering the voice, with no intention of making others hear, even if they do.

These two facts that explain reciting aloud and silently, indicate the difference between them. In reciting aloud, one raises the voice, while in reciting silently, one lowers the voice. When reciting aloud, one intends to make others hear, even if they do not hear, as in the case of someone who is hard of hearing or far away. In contrast, when reciting silently, one does not intend to make others hear, even if they do hear, such as when one has strong hearing or is close to them.

This is related to the subtleties of knowledge, as this issue is one of the obscure topics. Abū al-Fatḥ Ibn Daqīq al-ʿĪd al-Mālikī al-Shāfiʿī—who was one of the most intelligent people in the world—mentioned that he did not know the difference between reciting aloud and silently. This means that, due to its ambiguity, it is a very vague issue in which he did not find any supporting evidence, leading him to attribute his lack of knowledge to himself.

The Sunnah in these supplications is for the one who is reciting the Adhkār to recite them out loud after the prayer, based on what is reported by al-Bukhārī from the hadith⁽¹⁾ of Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "Raising the voice in remembrance after the prayer was practiced during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” This indicates that it should be recited aloud, and it was the preferred view of a group of scholars, such as Abū Jaʿfar Ibn Jarīr, Abū Muḥammad Ibn Ḥazm, Abū al-ʿAbbās Ibn Taymiyyah, and Abū al-Faraj Ibn Rajab — Raḥimahumullāh. This is contrary to what is commonly known among the four schools of thought (four madhāhib), which traditionally hold that the Sunnah is to recite in secret. However, what appears to be correct is that the Sunnah is to recite aloud.

The extent of reciting aloud encompass all of these supplications except for recitation of Āyat al-Kursī [and Al-Muʿawwidhatayn] ⁽²⁾

☝️As for reciting the first part of these (adhkār) aloud, i.e reciting the istighfār and the dhikr: (Allahummah anta Al-Salām...) aloud until when he reaches the tasbīḥ and takbīr, to which he suddenly lowers his voice, this is an initiation which has no basis. This was mentioned by Al-ʿAllāmah Sulaymān ibn Saḥmān, may Allah have mercy on him.

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[1] Ḥadīth of ibn ʿAbbas, Al-Bukhārī and Muslim
[2] ⚠️Note: Shaykh Al-ʿUṣaymī doesn't mention Al-Muʿawwidhatayn (i.e. Sūrah Al-Falaq and Sūrah Al-Nās) because he views that it is not proven. As for Shaykh Sulaymān Al-ʿAlwān he mentioned that reciting both (once) is proven. Therefore, whoever reads these should recite them just as they would recite Āyat al-Kursī, silently. الله أعلم