A man was preoccupied with answering the mu'adhdhin, then he caught up with the mu'adhdhin saying "Hayya 'ala al-falah." Does he repeat the adhan from the beginning, or does he complete what remains with the mu'adhdhin?
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The questioner : Regarding making up the adhan, regarding making up the adhan.
The Shaykh : What is making up the adhan?
The questioner : For example, a person was talking, for instance, speaking to another person, and the mu'adhdhin called the adhan, but he could not catch up with him except when the mu'adhdhin was saying "Hayya 'ala al-salah" or "Hayya 'ala al-falah" or something similar. Does he make up the adhan by starting to say "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar"? Or did he miss the adhan entirely because he was busy with something and could not repeat it during the mu'adhdhin's adhan?
The Shaykh : This answers what is in the process of being answered. As for what was missed, it is lost. If he was busy with the answer, meaning that he calls the adhan secretly until he catches up with the mu'adhdhin in the last phrase of his adhan, then he has not answered the mu'adhdhin; rather, he has called the adhan.
The questioner : I mean, O Shaykh, so that I understand, if he caught up with the mu'adhdhin, for example...
The Shaykh : You did not understand. I understood what I said. No, so why are you rushing? You say that a man was busy with some work...
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : ...from answering the mu'adhdhin in every phrase of the adhan. It is known that answering the mu'adhdhin is done like this: when the mu'adhdhin says "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," the listener says "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," and so on until the end of the adhan. Is this understanding correct on my part up to here?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Up to here.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay, so he was preoccupied and did not answer the mu'adhdhin in every phrase from the beginning of the adhan until "Hayya 'ala al-salah." There, he became free for the mu'adhdhin, correct? Up to here?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay, the second and third steps, and perhaps the last one.
I say that if he was preoccupied, or if he occupied himself with returning to say "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," he is not answering the mu'adhdhin. All that can be said about it is that he is calling the adhan just as the mu'adhdhin called it. The difference is that the mu'adhdhin raised his voice, while he lowered his voice. So there is no benefit in this returning; rather, it is calling the adhan, which is not prescribed.
Then he comes, and while he is coming, he is repeating the adhan, not answering it. So he will miss the answer to the rest of the adhan.
The questioner : Yes, perfume.
The Shaykh : Did you understand me?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay, did you understand me?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : But there is a note, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : If the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan, for example, slowly: "Hayya 'ala al-salah," then he pauses for a while, "Hayya 'ala al-falah," then he pauses for a while, and this person can repeat it quickly, as if he says "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar."
The Shaykh : I did not understand you.
The questioner : Yes, I understood you, O Shaykh, but you said what I understood from you.
The Shaykh : They say about us in Syria: "I swear to you that you did not understand me".
I am saying that if he returns to the adhan, he is not answering; he is a mu'adhdhin. The answer is as I described to you and as you know: the mu'adhdhin says "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," and the listener answers him by saying "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar." You depicted the situation just now until he reached "Hayya 'ala al-salah." There, he became free to answer. So now he is between two things, and I am developing the speech.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : He is between two things: either he answers the mu'adhdhin in what remains.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Or he calls the adhan for himself secretly.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : So is he answering the mu'adhdhin?
The questioner : He is not answering.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is what I told you.
So whatever remains, no matter how small, the answer is very clear: it is recommended that if he wants to obtain the remaining virtue, he should occupy himself with answering the rest of the adhan.
As for returning to the beginning of the adhan, he will be calling the adhan and not answering.
Then he will lose the remaining answer. So he did not answer, neither in the beginning of the adhan nor in its end, in this situation that you are imagining.
The questioner : Do I understand from your speech, O Shaykh, that it is not prescribed for him to do this action, to make up the adhan as he mentions? Rather, whenever he catches up with the mu'adhdhin on something...
The Shaykh : ...he completes what remains.
The questioner : He starts with him.
The Shaykh : What is making up the adhan?
The questioner : For example, a person was talking, for instance, speaking to another person, and the mu'adhdhin called the adhan, but he could not catch up with him except when the mu'adhdhin was saying "Hayya 'ala al-salah" or "Hayya 'ala al-falah" or something similar. Does he make up the adhan by starting to say "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar"? Or did he miss the adhan entirely because he was busy with something and could not repeat it during the mu'adhdhin's adhan?
The Shaykh : This answers what is in the process of being answered. As for what was missed, it is lost. If he was busy with the answer, meaning that he calls the adhan secretly until he catches up with the mu'adhdhin in the last phrase of his adhan, then he has not answered the mu'adhdhin; rather, he has called the adhan.
The questioner : I mean, O Shaykh, so that I understand, if he caught up with the mu'adhdhin, for example...
The Shaykh : You did not understand. I understood what I said. No, so why are you rushing? You say that a man was busy with some work...
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : ...from answering the mu'adhdhin in every phrase of the adhan. It is known that answering the mu'adhdhin is done like this: when the mu'adhdhin says "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," the listener says "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," and so on until the end of the adhan. Is this understanding correct on my part up to here?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Up to here.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay, so he was preoccupied and did not answer the mu'adhdhin in every phrase from the beginning of the adhan until "Hayya 'ala al-salah." There, he became free for the mu'adhdhin, correct? Up to here?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay, the second and third steps, and perhaps the last one.
I say that if he was preoccupied, or if he occupied himself with returning to say "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," he is not answering the mu'adhdhin. All that can be said about it is that he is calling the adhan just as the mu'adhdhin called it. The difference is that the mu'adhdhin raised his voice, while he lowered his voice. So there is no benefit in this returning; rather, it is calling the adhan, which is not prescribed.
Then he comes, and while he is coming, he is repeating the adhan, not answering it. So he will miss the answer to the rest of the adhan.
The questioner : Yes, perfume.
The Shaykh : Did you understand me?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Okay, did you understand me?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : But there is a note, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : If the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan, for example, slowly: "Hayya 'ala al-salah," then he pauses for a while, "Hayya 'ala al-falah," then he pauses for a while, and this person can repeat it quickly, as if he says "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar."
The Shaykh : I did not understand you.
The questioner : Yes, I understood you, O Shaykh, but you said what I understood from you.
The Shaykh : They say about us in Syria: "I swear to you that you did not understand me".
I am saying that if he returns to the adhan, he is not answering; he is a mu'adhdhin. The answer is as I described to you and as you know: the mu'adhdhin says "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," and the listener answers him by saying "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar." You depicted the situation just now until he reached "Hayya 'ala al-salah." There, he became free to answer. So now he is between two things, and I am developing the speech.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : He is between two things: either he answers the mu'adhdhin in what remains.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Or he calls the adhan for himself secretly.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : So is he answering the mu'adhdhin?
The questioner : He is not answering.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is what I told you.
So whatever remains, no matter how small, the answer is very clear: it is recommended that if he wants to obtain the remaining virtue, he should occupy himself with answering the rest of the adhan.
As for returning to the beginning of the adhan, he will be calling the adhan and not answering.
Then he will lose the remaining answer. So he did not answer, neither in the beginning of the adhan nor in its end, in this situation that you are imagining.
The questioner : Do I understand from your speech, O Shaykh, that it is not prescribed for him to do this action, to make up the adhan as he mentions? Rather, whenever he catches up with the mu'adhdhin on something...
The Shaykh : ...he completes what remains.
The questioner : He starts with him.