The Ruling on Broadcasting the Adhan via a Recording

Question : If someone were to say: If it is established that the adhan is an act of worship, what do you say about some people who have been discouraged by the airwaves and have started placing a recorder near the loudspeaker? So when the time for the adhan arrives, they turn on the loudspeaker,

Answer : We say that this is a mistake and a great error, and its prevalence is a harm to the Muslim community. This is not an adhan, but rather a recitation of the voice of a previous mu'adhdhin. Therefore, the adhan is being performed, or the recording is being played, with the voice of a person who has died. So this is not an act of worship. In my opinion, the obligatory duty is not fulfilled by this if there is no other mu'adhdhin whose voice is heard in this place. Why? Because this is merely a sound, not a man engaged in worship who stands for Allah the Exalted and Majestic with this adhan. It is merely a sound, just as if we placed a clock bell; when one hears it, it means the time has entered.
And this is a point that we should know: that the Islamic religion is worship, worship with a body and a spirit, not merely rituals you hear or movements you perform, but it is worship. So the adhan is worship, and therefore it must be worship. If someone wanted to draw an analogy to this and said: We will transfer via a tape the prayer of an imam, the gesture of the imam, the good recitation, the good voice, and we will place the tape in front of the praying person, and let him pray.
Is it valid or not? By consensus, it is not valid, and there is no doubt about it. Even though he will say Allahu Akbar for the takbir of intention in the best way, the recitation in the best way, and he will bow saying Allahu Akbar for the bowing, and raise his voice slightly saying Subhan Rabbi al-Azim, which is not confusing because he is not seen, but he says instead of not being seen, I will raise my voice in glorification, Subhan Rabbi al-Azim, and so on. No one says this is sufficient. So the adhan is exactly the same, because we do not want merely a sound by which we know the time has entered.