Darul Ifta Ibn Masood

Huffaz making clicking sounds during Taraweeh

· 18 Ramadan 1444 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Whilst leading the Taraweeh Salaah, some Huffaz utter certain sounds when they get stuck. Do these sounds invalidate the Salaah?

Answer

Fundamentally, it is extremely important to exercise caution during Salaah and refrain from making any extraneous sounds. If an individual utters a word during Salaah consisting of two letters, or a single letter, that conveys a definite meaning, their Salaah will be immediately nullified [[i]]. Similarly, if they emit a sound (not comprising of any understood letters) that can be understood to convey a meaning, their Salaah will also be invalidated [[ii]]. However, if the sound a person makes during their Salaah doesn’t have any intrinsic meaning and they didn’t intend to convey any meaning with it, then their Salaah will still be valid and they don’t have to repeat it [[iii]].

In the queried situation, usually when someone makes a clicking sound during Salaah, it means they are frustrated about making a mistake, either because they didn’t know their Quraan Dhor well enough, or due to some other reason. Since the clicking sound has this meaning, we would advise that the Salaah be repeated as a measure of precaution.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i] الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 613)

بَابُ مَا يُفْسِدُ الصَّلَاةَ وَمَا يُكْرَهُ فِيهَا عَقَّبَ الْعَارِضَ الِاضْطِرَارِيَّ بِالِاخْتِيَارِيِّ (يُفْسِدُهَا التَّكَلُّمُ) هُوَ النُّطْقُ بِحَرْفَيْنِ أَوْ حَرْفٌ مُفْهِمٌ: كع وَقِ أَمْرًا

(قَوْلُهُ يُفْسِدُهَا التَّكَلُّمُ) أَيْ يُفْسِدُ الصَّلَاةَ، وَمِثْلُهَا سُجُودُ السَّهْوِ وَالتِّلَاوَةِ وَالشُّكْرِ عَلَى الْقَوْلِ ط عَنْ الْحَمَوِيِّ (قَوْلُهُ هُوَ النُّطْقُ بِحَرْفَيْنِ إلَخْ) أَيْ أَدْنَى مَا يَقَعُ اسْمُ الْكَلَامِ عَلَيْهِ الْمُرَكَّبُ مِنْ حَرْفَيْنِ كَمَا فِي الْقُهُسْتَانِيِّ عَنْ الْجَلَّابِي. وَقَالَ فِي الْبَحْرِ وَفِي الْمُحِيطِ: وَالنَّفْخُ الْمَسْمُوعُ الْمُهَجَّى مُفْسِدٌ عِنْدَهُمَا، خِلَافًا لِأَبِي يُوسُفَ. لَهُمَا أَنَّ الْكَلَامَ اسْمٌ لِحُرُوفٍ مَنْظُومَةٍ مَسْمُوعَةٍ مِنْ مَخْرَجِ الْكَلَامِ لِأَنَّ الْإِفْهَامَ بِهَذَا يَقَعُ، وَأَدْنَى مَا يَقَعُ بِهِ انْتِظَامُ الْحُرُوفِ حَرْفَانِ انْتَهَى. وَيَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُقَالَ إنَّ أَدْنَاهُ حَرْفَانِ أَوْ حَرْفٌ مُفْهِمٌ كَ عِ أَمْرًا، وَكَذَا قِ، فَإِنَّ فَسَادَ الصَّلَاةِ بِهِمَا ظَاهِرٌ اهـ.

أَقُولُ: وَقَدْ يُقَالُ: إنَّ نَحْوَ عِ، وَقِ أَمْرٌ مُنْتَظِمٌ مِنْ حُرُوفٍ تَقْدِيرًا غَيْرَ أَنَّهَا حُذِفَتْ لِأَسْبَابٍ صِنَاعِيَّةٍ، فَهُوَ دَاخِلٌ فِي تَعْرِيفِ الْكَلَامِ الْمَذْكُورِ بَلْ هُوَ كَلَامٌ نَحْوِيٌّ، وَلَعَلَّ الشَّارِحَ جَزَمَ بِهِ لِذَلِكَ؛ وَلَمْ يُنَبِّهْ عَلَى أَنَّهُ بَحْثٌ لِصَاحِبِ الْبَحْرِ فَتَدَبَّرْ.

[ii] الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 614)

لَكِنْ فِي الْجَوْهَرَةِ أَنَّ الْكَلَامَ الْمُفْسِدَ مَا يُعْرَفُ فِي مُتَفَاهَمِ النَّاسِ، سَوَاءٌ حَصَلَتْ بِهِ حُرُوفٌ أَمْ لَا، حَتَّى لَوْ قَالَ مَا يُسَاقُ بِهِ الْحِمَارُ فَسَدَتْ.

[iii] الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 614)

وَقَدْ ظَهَرَ مِنْ هَذَا أَنَّ الْحَرْفَ الْوَاحِدَ الْمُهْمَلَ لَا يُسَمَّى كَلَامًا، فَلَا يَدْخُلُ فِي قَوْلِ الْهِنْدِيَّةِ وَالزَّيْلَعِيِّ أَنَّ الْكَلَامَ مُفْسِدٌ قَلِيلًا كَانَ أَوْ كَثِيرًا، كَمَا لَا يَخْفَى فَافْهَمْ

Answered by
Mufti Abdur Rahman Abdur Razak
Checked & approved by
Mufti Mohammed Desai
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