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 "id": "concept/insat",
 "class": "concept",
 "slug": "insat",
 "label": {
  "ar": "الإنصات",
  "en": "Insat (silent attentive listening, and its rulings in worship)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "الإنصات لغة واصطلاحا السكوت للاستماع، وعرّفه بعضهم بالسكوت. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3505} وهو يفارق الاستماع، لأن الاستماع قصد السماع بغية فهم المسموع، والإنصات سكوت بقصد الاستماع. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3505} والسماع لا يشترط فيه قصد المسموع، أما الإنصات فيشترط فيه قصده. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506} ويجب الإنصات في خطبة الجمعة عند الجمهور على من حضرها، ويكون في خطبة العيدين كالجمعة عند الحنفية والشافعية ومندوبا عند المالكية. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506} والإنصات لقراءة القرآن مطلوب شرعا، في الصلاة عند جهر الإمام وخارجها. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}",
  "en": "Insat is lexically and in usage silence for listening; some define it as silence alone. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3505} It differs from istima', which is the intent to hear in order to grasp what is heard; insat is silence with the intent to listen. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3505} Sama' does not require intent to the thing heard, whereas insat does. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506} The majority hold silent attention obligatory on those present at the Friday sermon, and the Hanafis and Shafi'is hold the same for the Eid sermons, while the Malikis hold it recommended. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506} Listening to the recitation of the Qur'an, both within prayer when the imam recites aloud and outside it, is sought by the law. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "global"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "worship-and-the-pillars"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "term",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya (Noor copy), headword «إنصات», pp.3505-3506 of the scan (ends where «انضباط» begins on p.3506). Technical term; summarised at the level of definition and the rulings on the sermon and recitation. Qur'an verse on listening is referred to by sura and aya only.",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
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   "run": "mawsua-w02-9"
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  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "التعريف",
     "markdown": "الإنصات لغة واصطلاحا: السكوت للاستماع. وعرّفه بعضهم بالسكوت. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3505}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الألفاظ ذات الصلة",
     "markdown": "- الاستماع: قصد السماع بغية فهم المسموع أو الاستفادة منه. والإنصات سكوت بقصد الاستماع. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3505}\n- السماع: مصدر سمع، ولا يشترط فيه قصد المسموع، ويشترط في الإنصات قصده. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مواطن الإنصات",
     "markdown": "- خطبة الجمعة: يرى الجمهور وجوب الإنصات على من حضر الجمعة، وفيه خلاف وتفصيل. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}\n- خطبة العيدين: حكمها كالجمعة عند الحنفية والشافعية، ويندب عند المالكية. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}\n- قراءة القرآن: الإنصات لها في الصلاة عند جهر الإمام بالقراءة، وخارجها، مطلوب شرعا، لقوله تعالى في سورة الأعراف (الآية 204). {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/insat",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Definition",
     "markdown": "Insat is, lexically and in usage, silence for listening; some define it simply as silence. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3505}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Related terms",
     "markdown": "- Istima': the intent to hear in order to grasp or benefit from what is heard. Insat is silence with that intent. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3505}\n- Sama': hearing, which does not require intent toward what is heard, whereas insat does. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Where insat applies",
     "markdown": "- The Friday sermon: the majority hold silent attention obligatory on those who attend; the matter has disputes and detail. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}\n- The Eid sermons: the Hanafis and Shafi'is treat them as the Friday sermon; the Malikis hold it recommended. {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}\n- Qur'an recitation: attentive silence is sought by the law both within prayer when the imam recites aloud and outside it, on the basis of sura al-A'raf (7:204). {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/insat",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "تعریف",
     "markdown": "انصات لغت اور اصطلاح میں سننے کے لیے خاموشی ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3505}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حکم",
     "markdown": "- جمعہ کا خطبہ: جمہور کے نزدیک حاضرین پر خاموشی سے سننا واجب ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}\n- قرآن کی تلاوت: نماز میں امام کے بلند آواز سے پڑھنے کے وقت اور نماز سے باہر بھی انصات مطلوب ہے۔ {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.3506}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/insat",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "concept/abandoning-prayer-takfir",
  "concept/ada",
  "concept/adhan-fiqh",
  "concept/adhm",
  "concept/adornment-of-desires",
  "concept/ahl-al-suffa",
  "concept/al-ard-masjid-wa-tahur",
  "concept/al-infaq-fi-sabil-allah"
 ],
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  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
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