What is the ruling on following the mu'adhdhin on the radio and television when the adhan is being broadcast live?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a Muslim to follow the mu'adhdhin on the radio or television if the broadcast is live?
Answer:
What is this? What is this? It is a recording. It is not an adhan. This is considered a recording. They do not broadcast the live adhan; rather, they broadcast from a recording. But as for the adhan they call the "live adhan," the adhan on the air, one follows it because he is following the mu'adhdhin. But if it is broadcast from a recorder, one does not follow it, because this is not an adhan. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a Muslim to follow the mu'adhdhin on the radio or television if the broadcast is live?
Answer:
What is this? What is this? It is a recording. It is not an adhan. This is considered a recording. They do not broadcast the live adhan; rather, they broadcast from a recording. But as for the adhan they call the "live adhan," the adhan on the air, one follows it because he is following the mu'adhdhin. But if it is broadcast from a recorder, one does not follow it, because this is not an adhan. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [753 -1024] ما حكم متابعة المؤذن في الراديو والتلفاز عندما يكون نقل الأذان مباشرًا — youtube.com
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