Can A Person Who Offers Nafl Salah Alone At Night Recite Audibly ?

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

   What do the Scholars of Islam and the Muftis of the Shari’ah say regarding this ruling: I offer Salat-ut-Taubah at night; am I allowed to recite audibly? I offer this Nafl Salah alone.

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

   A person who recites Nawafil Salah alone at night has the choice, whether he recites in a low voice or in an audible voice. Therefore, in view of the question asked, you can recite audibly while offering the Salat-ut-Taubah alone at night provided reciting audibly does not disturb the family members.

   It is mentioned in Muheet Burhani:

”أما نوافل الليل لا بأس بالجهر فيها لأنه مشروع في فرائض الليل“[1]

   Allamah Zain bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad known as Ibn Nujaim al-Misri al-Hanafi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه writes in Al-Bahr al-Ra'iq:

أن المتنفل بالنهار يجب عليه الاخفاء مطلقا والمتنفل بالليل مخير بين الجهر والاخفاء إن كان منفردا، أما إن كان إماما فالجهر واجب [2]

   Sadr al-Shariah Badr al-Tariqah Mufti Muhammad Amjad Ali A’zmi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه writes: “It is Wajib to recite in a low voice in the daytime Nafl Salah and it is optional in the night while offering Nafl Salah alone, and if Nafl Salah is offered congregationally, reciting audibly is Wajib”.[3]

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم