If a man enters on Friday while the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan that precedes the khutbah, does he pray two rak'ahs or wait until the adhan is finished?
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The questioner : A man enters on Friday while the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan that precedes the khutbah. Does he enter and pray two rak'ahs immediately during the adhan, or does he wait until the end of the adhan and then pray two rak'ahs?
The Shaykh : The adhan means the second adhan, meaning the khatib is on the minbar.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, is it prescribed by the Sunnah to pray the greeting of the mosque, or should he respond to the mu'adhdhin?
The questioner : Or should he respond to the mu'adhdhin, and after the adhan ends?
The Shaykh : No, rather the greeting is prescribed. Because if he responds to the mu'adhdhin, it is known that after he finishes, the khatib will begin his khutbah, and listening to the khutbah is obligatory. I think you do not need to look into this. As for responding to the mu'adhdhin, it is not obligatory. Perhaps you need to know this, otherwise you know it. Yes, here.
The questioner : Give us the benefit.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : Give us the benefit.
The Shaykh : I will answer this question based on this. I say: Since responding to the mu'adhdhin is not obligatory, and listening to the khatib's khutbah is obligatory, if an obligatory act conflicts with a non-obligatory act, the obligatory act takes precedence over the non-obligatory one. Based on these two premises, we say that he should proceed directly to the greeting and not occupy himself with responding to the mu'adhdhin, so that he does not become occupied with responding to the mu'adhdhin, then finish that and occupy himself with the greeting, causing him to miss part of the khatib's khutbah.
As for the evidence that the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his companions)Sunan an-Nasa'i 678Sahih (Darussalam) to the end of the hadith indicates that this command is not for obligation but rather for recommendation, there are several matters. One is that it came in some hadiths that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his companions) was content in responding by saying "I am, I am." Perhaps you remember this hadith as well.
The second thing, and it is more important, is that it came in the Muwatta of Imam Malik with a sound chain "that the Companions used to talk when 'Umar ibn al-Khattab ascended the minbar, but when the mu'adhdhin was silent and 'Umar began the khutbah, they stopped". This was evidence for what we mentioned regarding the previous detail. And this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
The Shaykh : The adhan means the second adhan, meaning the khatib is on the minbar.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, is it prescribed by the Sunnah to pray the greeting of the mosque, or should he respond to the mu'adhdhin?
The questioner : Or should he respond to the mu'adhdhin, and after the adhan ends?
The Shaykh : No, rather the greeting is prescribed. Because if he responds to the mu'adhdhin, it is known that after he finishes, the khatib will begin his khutbah, and listening to the khutbah is obligatory. I think you do not need to look into this. As for responding to the mu'adhdhin, it is not obligatory. Perhaps you need to know this, otherwise you know it. Yes, here.
The questioner : Give us the benefit.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : Give us the benefit.
The Shaykh : I will answer this question based on this. I say: Since responding to the mu'adhdhin is not obligatory, and listening to the khatib's khutbah is obligatory, if an obligatory act conflicts with a non-obligatory act, the obligatory act takes precedence over the non-obligatory one. Based on these two premises, we say that he should proceed directly to the greeting and not occupy himself with responding to the mu'adhdhin, so that he does not become occupied with responding to the mu'adhdhin, then finish that and occupy himself with the greeting, causing him to miss part of the khatib's khutbah.
As for the evidence that the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his companions)
When you hear the Mu'adhdhin then say what he says
إذا سمعتم المؤذن فقولوا مثل ما يقولThe second thing, and it is more important, is that it came in the Muwatta of Imam Malik with a sound chain "that the Companions used to talk when 'Umar ibn al-Khattab ascended the minbar, but when the mu'adhdhin was silent and 'Umar began the khutbah, they stopped". This was evidence for what we mentioned regarding the previous detail. And this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.