Mecca; during the Prophet’s—peace and blessings be upon him—lifetime there was no running spring in Madinah—neither al-Zarqāʾ (1), nor the springs of Ḥamzah, nor any other. Every one of these (2) was only brought forth (3) after his time (4).

Raising one’s voice in the mosques is prohibited, and the prohibition is even more emphatic in the Prophet’s Mosque (5). It is authentically reported that ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (6)—may Allah be pleased with him—saw two men speaking loudly in the mosque and said, “Had I known that you were (7) locals, I would have beaten you soundly, for voices are not to be raised in his mosque.” (8)

Accordingly, the practice some uninformed commoners adopt of shouting after the prayer—saying (9) “Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah!” in loud (10) voices—is among the ugliest of reprehensible acts (11); none of the early generations ever engaged in anything of the sort.