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The ruling on the discrepancy between the mu'adhhdhins in the same town

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Question:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The questioner says: There is a discrepancy between the mu'adhhdhins in the same area, and this leads to a discrepancy in the obligation of fasting. What is the ruling on this?

Answer:
This is what we have warned against. It is not permissible for there to be a discrepancy between the mu'adhhdhins in the same town. In the same town, it is not permissible for there to be a discrepancy. So the mu'adhhdhins should call to prayer according to the time schedule they have in hand. And if the mu'adhdhin does not read the written time schedule, then when the mu'adhhdhins call, he calls with them and does not lag behind them. He does not lag behind them; he calls with the mu'adhhdhins. When the mu'adhhdhins begin, he calls with them and does not lag behind them. So that he does not mislead the people and disrupt their fasting because of his call. If he misses the call to prayer with the mu'adhhdhins according to the time schedule, he does not call, so that he does not mislead the people. The call of the mu'adhhdhins is sufficient.
Here is a matter that one must be careful about. Some people have the radio or the television on and look at the call to prayer from al-Masjid al-Haram. So they fast according to the call to prayer from al-Masjid al-Haram. The time in Makkah al-Mukarramah is not the same as our time in this country, in the land of Najd. The time differs. So these people must be careful of this matter. One might hear the call to prayer for Maghrib from Kuwait or from the Gulf and break his fast based on that. This has happened: he hears the call to prayer on the radio from the East, from Kuwait or from the Gulf states, and breaks his fast based on it. This is a great error. So he must adhere to the local time. The local time. Yes.
Source مجالس رمضان 1430هـ - 05 — alfawzan.live (23:05)

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