The ruling on the two adhan for the Friday prayer?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Does the Friday day have one adhan for the Friday prayer, or two?
Answer:
The obligatory adhan is the one that occurs when the imam enters and sits on the minbar. This is the regular adhan, because it is for the entry of the time. It is a collective obligation, a collective obligation, like the adhan for the other prayers; it is a collective obligation. There is also an adhan that precedes the aforementioned adhan, which is called the first adhan on Friday. This was a recommended practice (sunnah) established by 'Uthman ibn 'Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), the third of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, in order to alert people to the nearness of the Friday prayer, so that they would prepare for it, free themselves from their occupations, and go to the Friday prayer. This was because the people in his time (may Allah be pleased with him) had increased in Madinah, and their engagement in the markets and other works had increased. So he (may Allah be pleased with him) saw that it was best to call the adhan at an early time so that they would be alert and turn to the Friday prayer. This continued as a recommended practice (sunnah) after him until our day, based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Mishkat al-Masabih 165Sahīh (Zubair `Aliza'i) after me. And 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) is the third of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, so what he did became a recommended practice (sunnah) by the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
However, there must be an opportunity and time between the first and second adhan so that the first adhan has a benefit, which is alerting people to attend. As for combining them in the same time, with only a few minutes between them, this is contrary to what is required, and the first adhan becomes of no benefit. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Does the Friday day have one adhan for the Friday prayer, or two?
Answer:
The obligatory adhan is the one that occurs when the imam enters and sits on the minbar. This is the regular adhan, because it is for the entry of the time. It is a collective obligation, a collective obligation, like the adhan for the other prayers; it is a collective obligation. There is also an adhan that precedes the aforementioned adhan, which is called the first adhan on Friday. This was a recommended practice (sunnah) established by 'Uthman ibn 'Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), the third of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, in order to alert people to the nearness of the Friday prayer, so that they would prepare for it, free themselves from their occupations, and go to the Friday prayer. This was because the people in his time (may Allah be pleased with him) had increased in Madinah, and their engagement in the markets and other works had increased. So he (may Allah be pleased with him) saw that it was best to call the adhan at an early time so that they would be alert and turn to the Friday prayer. This continued as a recommended practice (sunnah) after him until our day, based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
You must therefore follow my sunna and that of the rightly guided Caliphs
عليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديينHowever, there must be an opportunity and time between the first and second adhan so that the first adhan has a benefit, which is alerting people to attend. As for combining them in the same time, with only a few minutes between them, this is contrary to what is required, and the first adhan becomes of no benefit. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم الأذانين لصلاة الجمعة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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