Does imagining words in one's mind count as 'recital'?
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I am new to the Shafi'i Fiqh and I was reading the reliance of the traveller about what to recite audibly and what to recite silently (if anything). What it says is that for the initial 'Allahu Akbar, for Qur'an recitation (including al-fatihah), and any supplications, the minimal audibility is such that you can make out the words yourself. If something is supposed to be recited 'aloud' it is to be recited so that someone next to you is able to distinguish what you are saying.1. Does this mean that there is nothing in the prayer that you recite silently (for example only recite mentally)? Such that if one were praying with a group of silent people in another Madhhab you would still be whispering to yourself even if no one else was doing so?
2. Could you elaborate on what that actually means--that what you recite 'to yourself' is such that it is audible to you but no one around. Does that mean audible such that you can understand it? or does it mean that you can hear the noise of what you are whispering without actually being able to distinctly make out the words? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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