If Uthman’s addition of the first call on Friday was based on an independent public interest, should we revert to a single adhan with loudspeakers?
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The questioner : The Shaykh :
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: Okay, meaning, if this is an independent public interest, can one say that now, for example, loudspeakers covering all areas would suffice in place of the two calls!
The Shaykh: Do you mean the two calls?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Which two calls?
The questioner: The first call and the second call.
The Shaykh: Do you want more than Uthman’s adhan?
The questioner: I mean, that we should not revert to only the first adhan.
The Shaykh: I heard you say two calls, that the two calls are dispensed with.
The questioner: No, with one of the two calls.
The Shaykh: Your statement is correct, and this is what we profess to Allah. And I said: When this issue was raised among us in the Levant, many of you may know that there is a mosque called al-Masjid al-Jami'!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Is this well-known?
The questioner : It is known.
The Shaykh: Yes, indeed. This mosque was used as a restaurant, a place for intoxicants, and dancing during the French era, and so on. So, during the national era, some committed students who were zealous for the Shari'ah submitted a request that this place should be restored to how it was during the Turkish era, because they used to call it the "Hamidiyyah Shell." So, praise be to Allah, the government agreed, and the place was restored to its original state as a mosque. Some well-known preachers, such as 'Isam al-'Attar and others, would deliver sermons, and the hearts of the youth gathered around him. But here the phenomenon of the Uthmanic adhan began. So, as soon as this mosque was revived, there was a bit of disagreement between the Salafis and the masses of people who did not know anything except that this adhan is a prescribed adhan. The point is, I addressed the issue. Perhaps I mentioned some of this in my book "Al-Ajwibat al-Nafi'ah 'an As'ilat Lajnat Masjid al-Jami'ah" due to the opinion of these masses. The point is, we said there that Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) adopted this as a means to convey the message to those far from the mosque, as I mentioned earlier. If Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) had been in our time, or if these means of conveying sound to the farthest possible place had existed, he would not have needed such an adhan. Instead, he would have run a wire or tape from the adhan of the mu'adhdhin in al-Masjid al-Nabawi and conveyed it to the place where the mu'adhdhin stood for the Uthmanic adhan. This is what we believe if the matter were so. Therefore, we proposed that this Uthmanic adhan was outside the mosque and in the Zuwayrah. But with time, and as it has been indicated in some narrations that it was Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik who brought the Uthmanic adhan into al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the purpose for which, in my view, Uthman did this and established this adhan has vanished. The purpose has vanished, so it became like a sunnah, such as the iqamah, where this adhan is called in the mosque. So, if the true intention is the Uthmanic adhan and there is a need, instead of this adhan, we run a wire and a loudspeaker at the door of the Jami'ah, for example, and the passersby pass by there and hear the adhan. And then the matter is concluded, and the objective that Uthman aimed for in establishing this adhan is achieved, which I observed is perfectly in its place.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: Okay, meaning, if this is an independent public interest, can one say that now, for example, loudspeakers covering all areas would suffice in place of the two calls!
The Shaykh: Do you mean the two calls?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Which two calls?
The questioner: The first call and the second call.
The Shaykh: Do you want more than Uthman’s adhan?
The questioner: I mean, that we should not revert to only the first adhan.
The Shaykh: I heard you say two calls, that the two calls are dispensed with.
The questioner: No, with one of the two calls.
The Shaykh: Your statement is correct, and this is what we profess to Allah. And I said: When this issue was raised among us in the Levant, many of you may know that there is a mosque called al-Masjid al-Jami'!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Is this well-known?
The questioner : It is known.
The Shaykh: Yes, indeed. This mosque was used as a restaurant, a place for intoxicants, and dancing during the French era, and so on. So, during the national era, some committed students who were zealous for the Shari'ah submitted a request that this place should be restored to how it was during the Turkish era, because they used to call it the "Hamidiyyah Shell." So, praise be to Allah, the government agreed, and the place was restored to its original state as a mosque. Some well-known preachers, such as 'Isam al-'Attar and others, would deliver sermons, and the hearts of the youth gathered around him. But here the phenomenon of the Uthmanic adhan began. So, as soon as this mosque was revived, there was a bit of disagreement between the Salafis and the masses of people who did not know anything except that this adhan is a prescribed adhan. The point is, I addressed the issue. Perhaps I mentioned some of this in my book "Al-Ajwibat al-Nafi'ah 'an As'ilat Lajnat Masjid al-Jami'ah" due to the opinion of these masses. The point is, we said there that Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) adopted this as a means to convey the message to those far from the mosque, as I mentioned earlier. If Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) had been in our time, or if these means of conveying sound to the farthest possible place had existed, he would not have needed such an adhan. Instead, he would have run a wire or tape from the adhan of the mu'adhdhin in al-Masjid al-Nabawi and conveyed it to the place where the mu'adhdhin stood for the Uthmanic adhan. This is what we believe if the matter were so. Therefore, we proposed that this Uthmanic adhan was outside the mosque and in the Zuwayrah. But with time, and as it has been indicated in some narrations that it was Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik who brought the Uthmanic adhan into al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the purpose for which, in my view, Uthman did this and established this adhan has vanished. The purpose has vanished, so it became like a sunnah, such as the iqamah, where this adhan is called in the mosque. So, if the true intention is the Uthmanic adhan and there is a need, instead of this adhan, we run a wire and a loudspeaker at the door of the Jami'ah, for example, and the passersby pass by there and hear the adhan. And then the matter is concluded, and the objective that Uthman aimed for in establishing this adhan is achieved, which I observed is perfectly in its place.
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