Proof for Loud Dhikr

Question

Question: In the province of Bengal an epidemic of sorts has spread that is doing great harm to the religion: namely, a man who has read the Holy Qur'an through only once is called a “Qur'an-reader” or a “village imam-teacher”; one who has read one or two Urdu books is called a “literate scribe”; one who has read the “Munya” or the “Quduri” is called a “religious scholar”; and one who has read the “Mishkat”, the “Hidaya” and the “Jalalayn Sharif” is called “the respected Mawlana”.

Answer

[ar]ونص الشعراني في «ذكر الذاكر للمذكور والشاكر للمشكور» ما لفظه: وأجمع العلماء سلفا وخلفا على استحباب ذكر الله تعالى جماعة في المساجد وغيرها من غير نكير، إلا أن يشوش جهرهم بالذكر على نائم أو مصلٍّ أو قارئ قرآن، كما هو مقرر في كتب الفقه، اهـ طحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح ص ٨٥.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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