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Is it prescribed to combine the response to the mu'adhdhin with the phrase "There is no power or might except in Allah" and the phrase "Prayer is better than sleep" in the Fajr call?

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Question : Among these is the response to the mu'adhdhin: Is it prescribed to combine the response with the phrase "There is no power or might except in Allah," or not? Likewise, regarding the tathwib in the Fajr call, there are two views.

Answer : Yes, and the correct view is that they are not combined, because combining them is far from the meaning. The mu'adhdhin says "Hayya 'ala al-salah" (Come to prayer). If the mu'adhdhin says "Come to prayer," he is inviting you. If you say "Come to prayer," you are inviting him. It is as if he says "Come, pray in the mosque," and you say "Come, pray in the house." They contradict each other. For this reason, we say that he should only say "There is no power or might except in Allah." Likewise, regarding the tathwib, what is the tathwib?
The statement "Prayer is better than sleep" is the tathwib. It is called tathwib from "thawb," which means returning, as if the person, or as if the mu'adhdhin, returned to the call to prayer again. The correct view regarding the tathwib is that you say only what he says, without adding "There is no power or might except in Allah." There is no supplication. No, that is not correct. No.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 146 - هل يشرع في إجابة المؤذن الجمع بين الحيعلة والحوقلة وكذا في التَّثويب في الفجر؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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