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Is it obligatory to pray in the mosque for one who hears the adhan through loudspeakers?

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. From the questions of the questioner from Algeria, he says: Honorable Shaykh, if the time for prayer enters and I am at home, and the mosque is far from me, two kilometers, and we hear the adhan, do we call the adhan at home? Please inform us of this.

Answer:
If you hear the adhan plainly, without a loudspeaker, then it is obligatory for you to go to the mosque, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond, he has no prayer, except one who has an excuse,من سمع النداء فلم يجب فلا صلاة له إلا من عذر،
Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:352
so it is obligatory for you to go to the mosque. However, if the mosque is far, you may pray at home. Even if you are hearing it through a loudspeaker, the loudspeaker extends to a far distance. The intended meaning is hearing the adhan with the bare ears, without a loudspeaker. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6059- هل تجب الصلاة في المسجد على من يسمع الأذان عبر مكبرات الصوت؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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