حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُتَوَارٍ بِمَكَّةَ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا قَالَ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّى بِأَصْحَابِهِ رَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ سَبُّوا الْقُرْآنَ وَسَبُّوا مَنْ أَنْزَلَهُ وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ أَيْ بِقِرَاءَتِكَ فَيَسْمَعَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَيَسُبُّوا الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا عَنْ أَصْحَابِكَ فَلَا تُسْمِعُهُمْ الْقُرْآنَ حَتَّى يَأْخُذُوهُ عَنْكَ وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ سَبِيلًا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 1853
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: This verse was revealed when the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)was preaching in secret in Makkah: And offer your s alah (prayer) aloud nor in la low voice. [al-Isra' 17:110]. When the Prophet (PBUH) led his Companions in prayer, he would raise his voice when reciting the Qur'an, and whenever the mushrikeen heard that, they would revile the Qur'an, and they would revile the One Who revealed it and the one who brought it. So Allah,may He be glorified and exalted, said to His Prophet "And offer your Salah (prayer) neither aloud", i.e., lest the mushrikeen hear you and revile the Qur'an, "nor in a low voice", i.e., so low that your Companions cannot hear the Qur'an and learn it from you. "But follow a way between" [al-Isra' 17:110].
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ