What is the reason that it is not permissible to broadcast the adhan via a recording?
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The Shaykh : Here is a strange question, and I see that the answer should be of the same kind.
The questioner : He says: What is the reason that it is not permissible to broadcast the adhan via a recording?
The Shaykh : I say: Because it is not valid for the imam to be via a recording. That is, we record the prayer of an imam who has a good voice and good recitation, and we put on the recording and follow it in our prayer. Of course, some of you might ask why I said I would answer in the manner of the question. Why? Because no one will digest this ruling. No one can imagine that we would remove the imam and put a recording in his place. Why? For the answer that you will know in what follows. For the same reason, it is not permissible for us to remove the mu'adhdhin and put a recording in his place.
We must know that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said earlier:[Hud 11:7].
So when the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan, this is part of the test of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for him. And the imam when he leads the people is likewise, and the reciter when he recites, and so on with all acts of worship and obedience. So when we come to a mu'adhdhin and we record his adhan with this recording, and then we broadcast his adhan with this device, what is he doing at that time? Is he calling the adhan? Of course, he is not calling the adhan, because he has dispensed with his adhan by entrusting the matter of his adhan to a substance that is not accountable, nor is it a place of reward, nor is it responsible before Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So in the mu'adhdhin's turning away from conveying his adhan to the people, there is a turning away from the means that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) made a cause for raising the ranks of His servants who take hold of those means that He prescribed for them. And also in that is a turning away from taking hold of the means that may be a cause for the forgiveness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for the one who takes hold of these means. All of this is said about the mu'adhdhin and is said about the imam.
The questioner : He says: What is the reason that it is not permissible to broadcast the adhan via a recording?
The Shaykh : I say: Because it is not valid for the imam to be via a recording. That is, we record the prayer of an imam who has a good voice and good recitation, and we put on the recording and follow it in our prayer. Of course, some of you might ask why I said I would answer in the manner of the question. Why? Because no one will digest this ruling. No one can imagine that we would remove the imam and put a recording in his place. Why? For the answer that you will know in what follows. For the same reason, it is not permissible for us to remove the mu'adhdhin and put a recording in his place.
We must know that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said earlier:
And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days - and His Throne had been upon water - that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed. But if you say, "Indeed, you are resurrected after death," those who disbelieve will surely say, "This is not but obvious magic."
الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًاSo when the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan, this is part of the test of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for him. And the imam when he leads the people is likewise, and the reciter when he recites, and so on with all acts of worship and obedience. So when we come to a mu'adhdhin and we record his adhan with this recording, and then we broadcast his adhan with this device, what is he doing at that time? Is he calling the adhan? Of course, he is not calling the adhan, because he has dispensed with his adhan by entrusting the matter of his adhan to a substance that is not accountable, nor is it a place of reward, nor is it responsible before Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So in the mu'adhdhin's turning away from conveying his adhan to the people, there is a turning away from the means that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) made a cause for raising the ranks of His servants who take hold of those means that He prescribed for them. And also in that is a turning away from taking hold of the means that may be a cause for the forgiveness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for the one who takes hold of these means. All of this is said about the mu'adhdhin and is said about the imam.
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