The Prophet ﷺ said to Abu Bakr, "I passed by you while you were reciting, and you were lowering your voice."Abu Bakr replied, "I made the One I was confiding in hear me."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Raise it a little."He said to Umar, "I passed by you while you were reciting, and you were raising your voice."Umar replied, "I am rousing the drowsy and driving away Satan."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Lower it a little."
حدثنا محمود بن غيلان حدثنا يحيى بن إسحق هو السالحيني حدثنا حماد بن سلمة عن ثابت البناني عن عبد الله بن رباح الأنصاري
أن النبي ﷺ قال لأبي بكر مررت بك وأنت تقرأ وأنت تخفض من صوتك فقال إني أسمعت من ناجيت قال ارفع قليلا وقال لعمر مررت بك وأنت تقرأ وأنت ترفع صوتك قال إني أوقظ الوسنان وأطرد الشيطان قال اخفض قليلا
Its isnad is hasan. Abu Dawud also reported it in the Book of Voluntary Prayers, chapter on raising the voice in recitation during the night prayer, no. 1329, from the hadith of Yahya bin Ishaq, through the same chain. Ibn Khuzayma graded it sahih, no. 1161, as did Ibn Hibban, no. 656, and Hakim, 1/310, saying it meets the criteria of Muslim, with which Dhahabi agreed.On this subject there are also narrations from Ayesha [to come, nos. 448, 449], Umm Hani [Tirmidhi in Shamail, no. 17], Anas [Tabarani in Musnad Shamiyin, 4/305, no. 3378], Umm Salama [to come, no. 2923], and Ibn Abbas [Abu Dawud, no. 1327, and Tirmidhi in Shamail, no. 320].