The ruling on repeating the adhan behind the mu'adhdhin
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on repeating the adhan behind the mu'adhdhin? And if it is not obligatory, what prevents it from being obligatory?
Answer:
Repeating means following the mu'adhdhin; his intention is following the mu'adhdhin. It is not called "repeating" but "following." In this there is the reward that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of: that whoever hears the mu'adhdhin and says what he says, then says the intercessor and the small one, "O Allah, grant me a praised station except for my promise," and he prays upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) before this supplication. When he says "There is no god but Allah," he says "O Allah, send blessings and peace upon Muhammad." . And so on. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 4719.
This is a great reward, a great reward, and it is not obligatory. This is among the natural acts of worship. So whoever leaves it off, he owes nothing. The Messenger did not command this as an order; rather, he said, "Whoever does such and such, whoever does such and such, then he has such and such." So he did not command, saying "Say what the mu'adhdhin says" as the questioner imagined. Rather, the Messenger said, "Whoever hears the mu'adhdhin and says what he says," and so on.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on repeating the adhan behind the mu'adhdhin? And if it is not obligatory, what prevents it from being obligatory?
Answer:
Repeating means following the mu'adhdhin; his intention is following the mu'adhdhin. It is not called "repeating" but "following." In this there is the reward that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of: that whoever hears the mu'adhdhin and says what he says, then says
O Allah, accept this supplication with goodness, the prayer of the standing one, grant Muhammad
اللهم رد هذه الدعوة أحسانا، صلاة القائمة، آت محمداO Allah, raise this supplication
اللهم رفع هذه الدعوةwill be granted my intercession for him on the Day of Resurrection
حلت له شفاعتي يوم القيامةThis is a great reward, a great reward, and it is not obligatory. This is among the natural acts of worship. So whoever leaves it off, he owes nothing. The Messenger did not command this as an order; rather, he said, "Whoever does such and such, whoever does such and such, then he has such and such." So he did not command, saying "Say what the mu'adhdhin says" as the questioner imagined. Rather, the Messenger said, "Whoever hears the mu'adhdhin and says what he says," and so on.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، اللقاء الأسبوعي-23 من 32-لفضيلة الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان -حفظه الله- مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (21:41)
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