The Remembrance of Allah and the Prayer upon the Prophet Before the Adhan When the Mu'adhdhin Begins
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The questioner:
There is, Your Eminence the Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), someone who remembers Allah and sends blessings upon the Messenger before the adhan, and he is the one opening the microphone?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not better. He should not engage in anything else; he should only recite the adhan. He should not say anything before it or after it. Making any period of dhikr (remembrance of Allah) after or before it is a bid'ah (religious innovation), which is not permissible. It is obligatory to restrict oneself to the adhan only. So, when the mu'adhdhin (the one who calls to prayer) begins, he starts with the adhan only, and then when he says, "There is no god but Allah," he...
The sending of blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is between him and himself, and he is heard by those around him; there is no harm in that. But it is not to be in the adhan, and it is not to be in the loudspeaker. The loudspeaker is for the adhan only, from "Allahu Akbar" to its end, "La ilaha illa Allah." Then he turns off the loudspeaker; he turns off the device. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh!
There is, Your Eminence the Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), someone who remembers Allah and sends blessings upon the Messenger before the adhan, and he is the one opening the microphone?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not better. He should not engage in anything else; he should only recite the adhan. He should not say anything before it or after it. Making any period of dhikr (remembrance of Allah) after or before it is a bid'ah (religious innovation), which is not permissible. It is obligatory to restrict oneself to the adhan only. So, when the mu'adhdhin (the one who calls to prayer) begins, he starts with the adhan only, and then when he says, "There is no god but Allah," he...
The sending of blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is between him and himself, and he is heard by those around him; there is no harm in that. But it is not to be in the adhan, and it is not to be in the loudspeaker. The loudspeaker is for the adhan only, from "Allahu Akbar" to its end, "La ilaha illa Allah." Then he turns off the loudspeaker; he turns off the device. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh!
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب صفة الأذان — islamhouse.com (7:39)
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