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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Answering the adhan heard on the radio

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Question:
If a Muslim hears the adhan via the radio, should he respond to it and repeat after it?

Answer:
If it is a live broadcast, he should respond to it; but if it is a recording, he should not. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب : من الشرك أن يستغيث بغير الله أو يدعو غيره — islamhouse.com (1:04:45)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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