tone of their voices to show their skills not to establish [an important kind of] worship’. (1)

Regarding the last remark, he continued: ‘This act is only done by those who do not really know the essence of Sal?t and du‘?’, so is the case with those who recite the Qur’?n in the same way. This is a kind of having fun or amusement. Were some one to do the same when asking a king or so for some kind of a need; i.e. to ask him in a special tone as if he is singing, he would be accused of making fun of the king. Indeed, the state of calling [unto All?h ( - عز وجل -)] needs humbleness and sincerity not the use of chanting tones’. (2)

Nowadays, we do not even need the Mu’aththin to raise his voice due to the loud speakers which do the job.

In “As-S?ral Halabiyyah”, the unanimous agreement amongst the four Mathhab Im?ms states that raising the voice [by the Mu’aththin] where there is no need is a hideous detested Bid‘ah, it is only recommended when the need arises.

In many of our mosques the voice of the Im?m is loud enough to be heard by those behind him, yet, there are Muballigh?n who disturb muslims with their voices causing inconvenience for them.

Let these Muballigh?n beware of falling into that which the ‘Ulamah warned against [i.e. Bid‘ah] lest they render their worship invalid while knowing it or not. (3)

It is worthmentioning here that there is a mistake some people do during Friday Sal?t which is leading people in Sal?t by an Im?m other than the Khat?b himself. It is true that the Sal?t is valid but such an act contradicts the prophet’s ( - ) Sunnah and his Sah?bah’s practice. Commenting on what was statedin Al-Azh?r: ‘Any one other than the Khat?b could lead people in their Sal?t’, Ash-Shawk?n? said: ‘This act contradicts the prophet’s ( - ) Sunnah. Ths