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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The First Adhan on Friday in the Sacred Precinct

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Question:
As for the questions related to acts of worship, this person says: In the Makkah Haram, there are two adhans before the Friday prayer, and this is contrary to the Sunnah. Why do you not point this out? Because people always argue with what happens in the Haram.

Answer:
That is not a substitute for the Sunnah. May Allah reward you with good. This second adhan, which is now the first, was established by 'Uthman when the people in Madinah increased, to alert them that the day is Friday. 'Uthman, 'Ali, the Companions, and the Muslims after them adopted it. It is called the first adhan to alert people that the day is Friday so they can prepare to go to the Friday mosques. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Act upon what is after me
my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided Khulafa'بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2676Sahih (Darussalam)
." 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) is among them, and 'Uthman, 'Ali, and the remaining Companions adopted this adhan. After them, the scholars and the righteous adopted it, and this state continued under this government. The callers of this clarification followed it from the time of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and after him (may Allah have mercy on them), following the methodology of the Companions from the time of 'Uthman and after, to alert people that this day has a Friday prayer. However, in the Makkah and Madinah Harams, this adhan is close to the other. It would have been better to advance the first adhan by some time. The one specific to the two Harams brought this close to that. If they had advanced the first one by more time, it would have been more appropriate. Yes.
Source لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مفتوح مع الشيخ ابن باز-١ — archive.org (35:55)

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