Sajda al-Tilawa upon Hearing the Qur’an from a Gramophone

Question

If a verse of prostration is recited in a gramophone, is the prostration wajib upon the listeners?

Answer

In “Hawadith al-Fatawa” (p. 81) it is written that the sound that comes out of it is not recitation (tilawa) but a copy and reflection of recitation, resembling the voice of a bird and an echo; hence its ruling too will not be like that of recitation — on the basis of the narration of “al-Durr al-Mukhtar” and others: for example, listening to it will not make the sajda…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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