Yasir Qadhi – What does ‘Silent Recitation’ Mean During the Ṣalat? – Ask Shaykh YQ #166

			Our next question, sister Didion from UK from England emails and asks the procedure for reciting the
Salah in the silent prayers. And she says what does that mean to recite silently? And that does one
need to recite with the G Suite?
		

			And does one need to pause between each and every verse is it obligatory to pause between each and
every verse one
		

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			it deals with the the issue of the silence Allah as we're all aware that an asset is a silent salah
and obviously the last struck as a motive in Asia and the sooner and in effect, these are silence
Allah. Now a lot of people they misunderstand what does it mean that the Salah is silent, and they
unfortunately make the very, very, you know major error, it is a huge error of keeping their mouth
shut, and
		

			imagining Salat Al Fatiha imagining through the loss and nothing moves. And they're just standing
there.
		

			And in their heads they're saying
		

			in their heads, that is actually not a recitation. Now, our follow harmless setup allows for given
what they didn't know. But technically, the Salah is not valid. Technically, Allah if you didn't
know was gonna forgive you. But from now on now that you've heard this response, never ever just
stand there silently when you are praying, you know, if you're behind the Imam, then there's a
controversy Do you recite or not, but if you're alone, if you're the one, you know, leading the
site, I mean, you know, praying on your own, the silent prayer means that you recite in a manner
that the person next to you doesn't hear. Now, what is the minimal level of being silent? Our
		

			scholars mentioned, the minimal level is that your tongue and your lips move with the pronunciation
and with the expulsion of air, but so silently that even the one next to you might not hear what you
are saying. Okay, so I mean, if I were to do this, you will not hear it with a microphone.
		

			Like that. Okay, I'm reciting, if somebody were to be standing right here, they might just hear a
man and then Maliki they might hear that they cannot hear the whole thing Okay. That is the minimal
level of being silent that air is coming out and your tongue and your mouth are verbalizing The, the
the words but it is so soft, that even a person next to you cannot hear and then even better than
this or higher than this is you do it basically in a whisper. Okay. And that is silence. That's what
is that is what is meant by the silent prayer. And the idea is that you recite in a manner that
people around you can hear Alhamdulillah your beloved I mean, by the way, the fact that it is
		

			Giardia or susiya these are not account or what you bought and in case accidentally you you you you
forget or what not your Salah is valid so in case you recite you know motive Syria for example, you
know, this is something that you're alone and you just recited hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen Ahmad
Rahim it's a Syria manner it's against the sooner but it's not you haven't broken a watch if you
haven't done something that the Salah will be null and void but better than this is to of course do
the Jehovah for motivation and Virgil and Siri Of course so accidentally if you set it
		

			out loud, your Salah is not bolted, it's a sooner so to be a city and God the point being that the
she asked the proper way, and so it must be enunciated and we know this as well because our Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would recite insalata Zohar and salata, laaser and people in the first
row, if they listened carefully, they could hear a phrase or two and know which sutra that he
recited. Okay, so the fact that people in the first row that's four feet behind, can just barely
pick up what is being said, illustrates that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would recite
Syria in a way that even three feet away of phrases hurt, okay, and that's the meaning of being
		

			silent. Now, you said about the rules of Tajweed and pausing between the verses. Note it is not
obligatory to do that, and if you do not do that, then your Salah is completely acceptable and
pausing between the verses actually is not even something that needs to be done in the form of sada
as for those who know
		

			Noted with in Nigeria Sala must definitely utilize it if you do not know the rules of Tajweed then
you are exempt or forgiven, but in this area, you do not have to, you know, perfect the rules of
Nigeria Of course if you do so it is better for you and you do not have to pause after every verse.
You can say Alhamdulillah paraliminal Rahmani Raheem americium Medina, the way you're gonna say it
of course it's not good. You're going quickly, but the Salah is still accepted and valid and alasa
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