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Jahr (audible recitation and speech in worship)

الجهر

Jahr (audible) and sirr (silent) in worship concern how loudly words are spoken, and the schools differ on the limits of each. The Kuwaiti encyclopedia sets out the places where voice is used in prayer: the imam's recitation in audible prayers, the imam's saying of the response to praise aloud, silent seeking of refuge, loud or quiet supplication and salutation, the making up of missed audible prayers, the basmala, the sermon, and the glorification of God on the road to the prayer ground at festivals. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Jahr (audible) and sirr (silent) in worship concern how loudly words are said, and the schools differ on the limits of each. 1

Voice in prayer

The Malikis, Shafi'is and Hanbalis say the imam recites aloud in audible prayers; the Hanafis let him choose between loud and quiet. Most schools make silent seeking of refuge the sunna. 2 3 9

Other places

The imam says the response to praise aloud, and jurists differ on whether a lone worshipper says the salutation aloud. Raising the voice in the sermon is recommended. 4 10 7

People and things also explored

The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Spending in the way of God (infaq)

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6639
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6640
  3. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6642
  4. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6644
  5. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6647
  6. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6651
  7. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6653
  8. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6655
  9. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6643
  10. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.6646
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islam.museum contributors. “Jahr (audible recitation and speech in worship)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/jahr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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The ruling on one who abandons prayer

Al-Sallabi quotes Ali: whoever does not pray is an unbeliever. He then reports from al-Nawawi the dispute over one who neglects prayer while believing it obligatory: the majority (Malik, al-Shafi'i) hold him a sinner to be asked to repent, others hold him an unbeliever, a view ascribed to Ali; Abu Hanifa and the Kufans hold him not an unbeliever but to be disciplined.