The Prophet ﷺ went out at night and found AbuBakr praying in a low voice, and he passed Umar ibn al-Khattab who was raising his voice while praying. When they both met the Prophet ﷺ together, the Prophet ﷺ said: I passed by you, AbuBakr, when you were praying in a low voice. He replied: I made Him hear with Whom I was holding intimate converse, Messenger of Allah. He (the Prophet) said to Umar: I passed by you when you were praying in a loud voice. He replied: Messenger of Allah, I was awakening the drowsy and driving away the Devil. Al-Hasan added in his version: The Prophet ﷺ said: Raise your voice a little, AbuBakr, and he said to Umar: Lower your voice a little.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ لَيْلَةً فَإِذَا هُوَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ يُصَلِّي يَخْفِضُ مِنْ صَوْتِهِ قَالَ وَمَرَّ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي رَافِعًا صَوْتَهُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَرَرْتُ بِكَ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي تَخْفِضُ صَوْتَكَ قَالَ قَدْ أَسْمَعْتُ مَنْ نَاجَيْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ مَرَرْتُ بِكَ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي رَافِعًا صَوْتَكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُوقِظُ الْوَسْنَانَ وَأَطْرُدُ الشَّيْطَانَ زَادَ الْحَسَنُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ ارْفَعْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ شَيْئًا وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ اخْفِضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ شَيْئًا  

[Machine] It is narrated that the Prophet ﷺ passed by Abu Bakr while he was praying, and he lowered his voice. He also passed by Umar while he was praying, and he raised his voice. When they both came to the Prophet ﷺ , he said to Abu Bakr, "O Abu Bakr, I passed by you while you were praying and you were lowering your voice." Abu Bakr replied, "I have heard those whom I was whispering to." The Prophet ﷺ then said to Umar, "And I passed by you, O Umar, while you were raising your voice." Umar said, "O Messenger of Allah, I was waking up the sleepers and encouraging them." The Prophet ﷺ then said to Abu Bakr, "Raise your voice a little." He also said to Umar, "Lower your voice a little."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي يَخْفِضُ صَوْتَهُ وَمَرَّ بِعُمَرَ يُصَلِّي رَافِعًا صَوْتَهُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَرَرْتُ بِكَ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي تَخْفِضُ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ» قَالَ قَدْ أَسْمَعْتُ مَنْ نَاجَيْتُ قَالَ «وَمَرَرْتُ بِكَ يَا عُمَرُ وَأَنْتَ تَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُوقِظُ الْوَسْنَانَ وَأَحْتَسِبُ بِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ ﷺ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ «ارْفَعْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ شَيْئًا» وَقَالَ ﷺ لِعُمَرَ «اخْفِضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ شَيْئًا»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by Abu Bakr while he was praying and lowering his voice, and he passed by Umar while he was praying and raising his voice. When they both gathered with the Prophet ﷺ , he said to Abu Bakr, "O Abu Bakr, I passed by you while you were praying and lowering your voice." Abu Bakr said, "I heard the One whom I was conversing with." Then he said, "O Umar, I passed by you while you were praying and raising your voice." Umar said, "O Messenger of Allah, I use it as a means to wake up the drowsy." The Prophet ﷺ said to Abu Bakr, "Raise your voice a little." And he said to Umar, "Lower your voice a little." And this was narrated from the Prophet ﷺ by Thabit al-Bunani, who mentioned it as a hadith mursal (a report where the Successor drops the name of the companion he heard it from, and transmits it as a statement of the Prophet). He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I use it as a means to wake up the drowsy and repel the devil."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي يَخْفِضُ مِنْ صَوْتِهِ وَمَرَّ بِعُمَرَ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي رَافِعًا صَوْتَهُ فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَرَرْتُ بِكَ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي تَخْفِضُ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ قَالَ لَقَدْ أَسْمَعْتُ مَنْ نَاجَيْتُ فَقَالَ مَرَرْتُ بِكَ يَا عُمَرُ وَأَنْتَ تَرْفَعُ صَوْتَكَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أحْتَسِبُ بِهِ أُوقِظُ الْوَسْنَانَ فَقَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ارْفَعْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ شَيْئًا وَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ اخْفِضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ شَيْئًا 4701 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَهُ مُرْسَلًا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُوقِظُ الْوَسْنَانَ وَأَطْرُدُ الشَّيْطَانَ