What the one who enters the mosque does while the mu'adhdhin is calling to prayer
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The Shaykh:
If a person is praying alone, the best is the beginning of the time. But if he is praying with the congregation, he is bound to the congregation; he prays with the congregation. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: If a person enters the mosque and the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan, what is best for him?
The Shaykh:
It is disliked for him to respond to the mu'adhdhin. After he finishes and makes the supplication prescribed after the adhan, he prays the greeting of the mosque. This is on days other than Friday. But if he arrives and the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan at the time the imam enters to deliver the sermon, he should begin the prayer until he is free to listen to the khutbah.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
If a person is praying alone, the best is the beginning of the time. But if he is praying with the congregation, he is bound to the congregation; he prays with the congregation. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: If a person enters the mosque and the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan, what is best for him?
The Shaykh:
It is disliked for him to respond to the mu'adhdhin. After he finishes and makes the supplication prescribed after the adhan, he prays the greeting of the mosque. This is on days other than Friday. But if he arrives and the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan at the time the imam enters to deliver the sermon, he should begin the prayer until he is free to listen to the khutbah.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/264 — archive.org (12:34)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.