أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ کَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ وَکَانَ الْمُشْرِکُونَ إِذَا سَمِعُوا صَوْتَهُ سَبُّوا الْقُرْآنَ وَمَنْ جَائَ بِهِ فَکَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْفِضُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَا کَانَ يَسْمَعُهُ أَصْحَابُهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِکَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَلِکَ سَبِيلًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1017
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbâs said concerning the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime: And offer your Salâh (prayer) neither aloud nor in a low voice— “It was revealed when the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم was still (preaching) in secret in Makkah. When he led his Companions in prayer he would raise his voice” — (One of the narrators) Ibn ManI’ said: “He would recite the Qur’ân out loud” — “And when the idolators heard his voice they would insult the Qur’ân, and the One Who revealed it, and the one who brought it. So Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, said to His Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم: And offer your alâh (prayer) neither aloud that is, such that the idolators can hear your recitation and insult the Qur’ân; nor in a low voice, so that your Companions cannot hear; but follow a way between.”(Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020