The Ruling on the Recorded Adhan in a Workplace
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: In our workplace, when the time for the adhan arrives, there is a recording of a mu'adhdhin who performs the adhan.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. In our workplace, when the time for the adhan arrives, there is a recording of a mu'adhdhin who performs the adhan. Does this recorded adhan fall under the ruling of the adhan performed by a man at its proper time, regarding the response to it, the supplication after it, and the reward associated with it?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. It is not permissible to use a recording in the office room for the staff. It does not fulfill the sunnah, nor does it fulfill the obligatory duty if the adhan is obligatory. This tape does not fulfill it. It means your inability has reached the point where none of you is willing to be appointed with a salary to perform the adhan. They appoint someone with a salary, but instead they put on a tape. Is this permissible? What some offices do by using a tape is a mistake. This is a neglect of the etiquettes. Perhaps later it will happen in the mosques. Perhaps, little by little, they will put a tape in the mosques and that will be it, and the imam will become a tape and it will be over. The legislations are neglected, the sunnahs are neglected, and everything is done with tapes. May Allah...
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, he says: In our workplace, when the time for the adhan arrives, there is a recording of a mu'adhdhin who performs the adhan.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. In our workplace, when the time for the adhan arrives, there is a recording of a mu'adhdhin who performs the adhan. Does this recorded adhan fall under the ruling of the adhan performed by a man at its proper time, regarding the response to it, the supplication after it, and the reward associated with it?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. It is not permissible to use a recording in the office room for the staff. It does not fulfill the sunnah, nor does it fulfill the obligatory duty if the adhan is obligatory. This tape does not fulfill it. It means your inability has reached the point where none of you is willing to be appointed with a salary to perform the adhan. They appoint someone with a salary, but instead they put on a tape. Is this permissible? What some offices do by using a tape is a mistake. This is a neglect of the etiquettes. Perhaps later it will happen in the mosques. Perhaps, little by little, they will put a tape in the mosques and that will be it, and the imam will become a tape and it will be over. The legislations are neglected, the sunnahs are neglected, and everything is done with tapes. May Allah...
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [48] — alfawzan.live (1:08:18)
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