The individual worshipper saying the takbirs aloud

Question

If a person performs a fard or nafl prayer at night as a munfarid, he has been given the choice between audible and silent recitation. Does he also have a choice in the remaining recitations of the prayer, such as “sami'a-Llahu li-man hamidah”, “Allahu akbar” and the like, or not? Please explain the answer with evidence.

Answer

ويسن جهر الإمام بالتكبير والتسميع لحاجته إلى الإعلام بالشروع والانتقال، ولا حاجة للمنفرد كالمأموم “It is sunna for the imam to say the takbir and the tasmi' aloud, because of his need to announce the beginning and the transitions; the munfarid, like the muqtadi, has no such need” (“Maraqi al-Falah” with “al-Tahtawi”, p. 152).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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