After every adhan, the mu'adhdhin says, "May prayer and peace be upon you, O my master, O Messenger of Allah, O you who are in the Noble City, may prayer and peace be upon you forever."

The questioner : After every adhan, the mu'adhdhin says, "May prayer and peace be upon you, O my master, O Messenger of Allah, O you who are in the Noble City, may prayer and peace be upon you forever." Is this a religious innovation?

The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah, this is a religious innovation, and it is obligatory to refrain from it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only encouraged sending prayers upon him and then supplicating for him with the wasilah. So when the mu'adhdhin finishes the adhan, he says: , and so does the one who is following the mu'adhdhin. But he does not say it into the microphone or from the minaret; he says it secretly to himself, because the words of the adhan are preserved and transmitted by mass transmission among the Muslims, and they do not include this addition. So the supplication is to be done secretly, not aloud.