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What is the ruling on the claim that the first adhan for the Friday prayer inside the mosque is a bid'ah (religious innovation)?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In this time, some people have emerged who say that the first adhan for the Friday prayer inside the mosque is a bid'ah (religious innovation), because the mu'adhdhin in the time of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) did not call the adhan inside the mosque. Is this statement correct?

Answer:
No, it is not correct. The first adhan is a sunnah (recommended practice) from the sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, because 'Umar ibn al-Khattab is one of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
You must therefore follow my sunna and that of the rightly guided Caliphsعليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين.
Mishkat al-Masabih 165Sahīh (Zubair `Aliza'i)

The place for the adhan is according to what is most beneficial. If the adhan from inside the mosque reaches the people via the loudspeaker and is heard, there is no harm. Now, the loudspeaker carries the adhan. But if there is no loudspeaker and the adhan from inside the mosque is not heard, he must go out and call the adhan from a high place, either on the roof of the mosque, a minaret, or a high place. Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and peace.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [234 -2802] ما حكم القول إن الأذان الأول لصلاة الجمعة داخل المسجد بدعة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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