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Is it permissible for the worshippers to say "bala" (yes, indeed) aloud after the Imam says, "Is not Allah the most just of judges?"

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Some scholars are of the view that glorification (tasbih) upon reciting (Quran 75:40) "Is not He (Allah) able to give life to the dead?" should be done silently, not audibly. As Imam Ahmad said: "If he wishes, let it be to himself, and not audibly." As for supplication (du'a), nothing of it has been legislated to be done audibly, due to the Almighty's saying: (Quran 7:55) "Invoke your Lord with humility and in secret."

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