QUESTION ❓
Assalamu Alaikum, Sheikh. What is the Islamic ruling on saying the taslim (the salutation that concludes the prayer) quietly or silently? Some people say that the first taslim should be said audibly, while the second should be quieter than the first. Is this correct?
ANSWER
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Wa Alaikumus Salam
wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
Praise be to
Allah.
The taslim is the
salutation by which a Muslim concludes the prayer. The question of whether it
should be said aloud or quietly has been discussed by Islamic scholars,
including scholars of the Maliki school.
1.
The Ruling on the First and Second Taslim
According to the
scholarly discussions cited in the Maliki school, it is recommended for the
imam to make the first taslim more audible than the second.
Ibn Qudamah, in Al-Mughni,
discusses the recommendation for the imam to make the first taslim more audible
than the second. This guidance concerns the imam's manner of concluding the
prayer.
As for the person
praying behind the imam (the ma'mum), the cited Maliki works explain
that the first taslim should be audible enough for the worshipper to hear
himself and those nearby, while the second taslim should be said more quietly.
2.
What Do Maliki Scholars Say?
The following
works discuss the issue:
·
Al-Taj wa al-Iklil: The discussion attributed to Ibn Wahb from Imam Malik
indicates that the person praying behind the imam should make the first taslim
audible enough for himself and those nearby to hear, while the second should be
quieter. A similar position is attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib.
·
Mawahib al-Jalil: This work explains that the person praying behind the
imam is expected to make the first taslim audible, whereas the second should be
quieter.
·
Sharh Mukhtasar Khalil: The Maliki discussions also mention scholarly views
concerning whether the same guidance applies to a person praying alone and to
the imam.
These references
should be understood within their respective scholarly contexts. The precise
wording and attribution of individual reports should be checked against the
original editions before being quoted as definitive evidence.
3.
Is It Wrong to Say the First Taslim Quietly?
The recommendation
to make the first taslim audible should not automatically be understood to mean
that a prayer is invalid if the worshipper says it quietly.
According to the
position presented in the question, making the first taslim audible is part of
the recommended manner of completing the prayer. Therefore, deliberately saying
it quietly may mean missing that recommended practice, but it does not, by itself,
establish that the prayer is invalid.
A distinction must
be made between saying the taslim quietly enough for oneself to hear and merely
thinking the words without actually uttering them. These are not necessarily
the same thing, and the ruling on a particular case should be referred to a qualified
scholar.
CONCLUSION
According to the
scholarly position discussed above, the first taslim should be made audible,
while the second should be quieter. However, this recommendation should not be
confused with a ruling that every prayer in which the first taslim is said
quietly is invalid.
Muslims should
learn the proper manner of performing their prayers and follow reliable
scholarly guidance without turning recommended practices into grounds for
unnecessarily declaring other people's prayers invalid.
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