May 18, 2024

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Saudi Arabia restricts using loudspeakers by mosques, directs to maintain the quantity at a one-third degree: Details

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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs has issued a brand new directive ordering mosques to restrict using loudspeakers. The Ministry has allowed the loudspeaker for use just for requires prayers Azan (name for prayer) and Iqamat (second name for prayer indicating that the Imam has taken his place for the prayers).
A round has been issued by Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs Abdul Latif Al-Sheikh, to all mosques directing that the quantity of the loudspeakers are to be stored at no more than one-third of the extent. Any violations within the rule will invite heavy penalties as per the order. 
The order was based mostly on Sharia proof which suggests calling the Lord quietly. “One should not trouble the other and one should not raise the voice in recitation or in prayer over the voice of the other,” learn the order based mostly on Hadith. 
As per a report, exterior amplifiers and loudspeakers used for something apart from the Azan hurt sufferers, outdated individuals, and youngsters within the homes within the neighborhood of the mosques.
The Ministry additionally dominated that prayers carried out by Imam ought to be particular to the devotees inside the mosques with no legit must convey it to these at house. 
“In addition to the fact that reading the Quran on external amplifiers is disrespectful to the Quran when it is recited loudly using external loudspeakers, while no one is listening to and pondering on its verses,” mentioned the round,” learn the round. 
The order launched by the Ministry is predicated on fatwas by most senior Islamic students like Sheikh Mohammed bin Saleh Al Othaimeen and Saleh Al Fawzan of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Ministry in 2019 too had requested the mosques to restrict the utilization of loudspeakers within the Holy month of Ramadan. 

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