Volume 6, Book 60, Number 246:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
(regarding): ‘Neither say your, prayer aloud, nor say it in a low tone.’ (17.110) This Verse was re –
vealed while Allah’s Apostle was hiding himself in Mecca. When he prayed with his companions, he
used to raise his voice with the recitation of Qur’an, and if the pagans happened to hear him, they
would abuse the Qur’an, the One who revealed it and the one who brought it. Therefore Allah said to
His Prophet : ‘Neither say your prayer aloud.’ (17.110) i.e. do not recite aloud lest the pagans should
hear you, but follow a way between.