Listening to a Sermon in the Mosque from a Tape Recorder

Question

(1) May one place a radio or tape recorder in the mosque and listen to the recitation of the Qur’an or to some speaker’s talk? (2) Zayd announces in the Jami‘ mosque: “Today after the ‘Isha’ prayer there will be a talk by so-and-so in this mosque; please come and bring the children too; suitable arrangements have been made for women to sit.” But after the ‘Isha’ prayer the talk is played by means of a tape recorder. What is the ruling on this statement or announcement of Zayd? (3)

Answer

(1–3) In itself, if the sound of the recitation of the Noble Qur’an or of a sermon comes from a radio or tape recorder, listening to it is permissible everywhere, in the mosque and outside it. But if this practice is started in the mosque, there is a fear that, as in homes, radios and tape recorders will come to be used in the mosque too for every kind of thing, and no…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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