The Ruling on the Salary of a Mu'adhdhin Who Does Not Call the Adhan and Only Gives the Iqamah
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Question:
Shaykh, may Allah reward you for your work. We have a mu'adhdhin in the mosque who does not come to call the adhan; he only comes to give the iqamah. Someone else calls the adhan, and he gives the iqamah. What is his situation? Is his salary halal? I don't think so. Thank you.
Answer:
If he has an excuse and delegates someone to call the adhan on his behalf, there is nothing wrong with it. However, if he has no excuse, it is not permissible for him to do this. He is the one who must perform the adhan because it was entrusted to him, unless he has an excuse. If an excuse arises for him, he delegates someone to call the adhan on his behalf. The Sunnah is that the one who called the adhan is the one who gives the iqamah; no one else gives it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Shaykh, may Allah reward you for your work. We have a mu'adhdhin in the mosque who does not come to call the adhan; he only comes to give the iqamah. Someone else calls the adhan, and he gives the iqamah. What is his situation? Is his salary halal? I don't think so. Thank you.
Answer:
If he has an excuse and delegates someone to call the adhan on his behalf, there is nothing wrong with it. However, if he has no excuse, it is not permissible for him to do this. He is the one who must perform the adhan because it was entrusted to him, unless he has an excuse. If an excuse arises for him, he delegates someone to call the adhan on his behalf. The Sunnah is that the one who called the adhan is the one who gives the iqamah; no one else gives it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 26-01-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (29:33)
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