Bahrain extends mosque loudspeaker ban
The Islamic Affairs Ministry in Bahrain recently extended a ban on mosque loudspeakers being used for anything but the call to prayer, Al-Arabiya reported Sunday (August 15th).
The decision was first implemented a year ago and generated much debate about whether the loudspeakers should be silenced.
"Prayers are between a person and God," said Mohammed al-Sitri, a religious adviser to King Hamad. "There is no need to make one's prayers heard by people walking in the street and markets."
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www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/08/14
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Congregational prayer on radio sound/loudspeaker - Pakistani site@ http://alrasheedhajj.com/word%20file/HajjDOC
It has been noticed that some pilgrim who could not go Misjid-e-Nimra in Arafat join the congregation listening it through radio. They make the radio set as the prayer leader (Imam) and follow through its voice. This is wrong and such prayer has no validity.
For a congregational prayer it is necessary to have a prayer leader (Imam) and people standing behind him in rows. The distance between the Imam (prayer leader) and those behind should not be more than that of two rows and there should not be any physical object such as tent or room in between the prayer leaders and those standing behind. A group of persons can select a most respectable person from among themselves as prayer leader. If no one is willing to lead the prayer them each one can say his prayer. But in no way one should follow the voice from radio or loudspeaker.
