Opening the word (Rasul) by some mu'adhdhins when saying "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah"
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The questioner : What do you say about many of the mu'adhdhins? The mu'adhdhin says, "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," opening the word and sometimes fully pronouncing the opening vowel. What do you say about his adhan? It is said that an Arab man heard Mu'adh calling the adhan, saying, "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."
The Shaykh : And the Arab was an Arab. He said, "May Allah kill you! What is Muhammad? What else? That Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, what else?"
Because the news has not yet arrived. So if you say, "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," the listener expects news. What is he expecting?
News that has not yet been completed in the community. But I am reassuring you that these mu'adhdhins are correct, if Allah wills. Because there is an Arabic grammar rule where both parts are in the accusative case, meaning that "inna" puts both the subject and the predicate in the accusative case. They cite as evidence the saying of 'Umar ibn Rabi'ah. The saying of 'Umar ibn Rabi'ah: "When the side of the night turns black, come, and let your steps be light, for our guards are [in] the desert." What is the verse? Who will recite it for him? "When the side of the night turns black, come, and let your steps be light, for if I say it a third time: When the gathering of the night turns black, come, and let your steps be light, for our guards are [in] the desert."
The questioner : Who will repeat it? Please.
The Shaykh : "When the sun of the night sets, you come and empty [your vessel] after the darkness, if our guards [are there]." Yes, good. The point of this verse is the phrase "for our guards are [in] the desert," where both parts are in the accusative case. So, if the mu'adhdhin says, "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and all the speech is correct, because there is an Arabic grammar rule where both parts are in the accusative case.
The Shaykh : And the Arab was an Arab. He said, "May Allah kill you! What is Muhammad? What else? That Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, what else?"
Because the news has not yet arrived. So if you say, "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," the listener expects news. What is he expecting?
News that has not yet been completed in the community. But I am reassuring you that these mu'adhdhins are correct, if Allah wills. Because there is an Arabic grammar rule where both parts are in the accusative case, meaning that "inna" puts both the subject and the predicate in the accusative case. They cite as evidence the saying of 'Umar ibn Rabi'ah. The saying of 'Umar ibn Rabi'ah: "When the side of the night turns black, come, and let your steps be light, for our guards are [in] the desert." What is the verse? Who will recite it for him? "When the side of the night turns black, come, and let your steps be light, for if I say it a third time: When the gathering of the night turns black, come, and let your steps be light, for our guards are [in] the desert."
The questioner : Who will repeat it? Please.
The Shaykh : "When the sun of the night sets, you come and empty [your vessel] after the darkness, if our guards [are there]." Yes, good. The point of this verse is the phrase "for our guards are [in] the desert," where both parts are in the accusative case. So, if the mu'adhdhin says, "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and all the speech is correct, because there is an Arabic grammar rule where both parts are in the accusative case.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 30 - 79 فتح بعض المؤذنين كلمة (رسول) عند قول أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله - الوصايا العشر - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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