What is the ruling on the adhan before the appearance of the dawn?
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The questioner : Regarding the adhan that is currently being called.
Another questioner : Raise your voice with Allah, my brother.
The questioner : As for the Fajr adhan, the adhan currently being called according to the official timings is in the night.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner : So we come, of course, it is supposed to be after the appearance of the twilight, after the appearance of the dawn, meaning.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It is supposed that one calls the second adhan.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So in it, some people, of course, this is considered arguing without knowledge.
The Shaykh: Correct.
The questioner : You are disgusted by this process, and you say to them: We are innovating. So what is the most correct opinion of the religion in this matter?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Before directly answering this question, I want to point out a common error among people, which is the questioner's saying: "What is the opinion of the religion?" The religion—may Allah bless you—has a ruling, not an opinion. An opinion comes from someone like me or you, who is subject to error and correctness. As for the religion, it is all truth, as you know. Therefore, it is only correct to ask: "What is the ruling of the religion? What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in such and such?" As for "What is the opinion of the religion?" this is an incorrect phrase common among people, and we seek forgiveness from Allah.
As for the answer to what you asked, there is no doubt that people today—regrettably—are in great heedlessness regarding many legal issues. Among them is the Qur'anic text:[Al-Baqarah 2:187]. Today they call the adhan before the white thread is distinguished from the black thread, as I said, the night is still hanging its curtains and the land is covered in its darkness, and yet they call the adhan. Without a doubt, the problem today—regrettably—stems from the department responsible for this issue, which is the Ministry of Awqaf; for it is they who approve this error and do not pay attention to those who warn them of the contradiction of this error with the Shari'ah. Therefore, the imam or the mu'adhdhin employed in an official position will undoubtedly face difficulties and hardships regarding this common error if he wants to correct it.
In my opinion, the gentlest treatment is that the responsible imam and the mu'adhdhin who calls the adhan should call the first adhan that they are calling in their claim at the time of Fajr; he considers it the first adhan, then he waits until he sees the bright white of the dawn, at which time he calls the second adhan and does not say in it: "Prayer is better than sleep"; because the Sunnah is like this, as it came in "Sunan al-Nasa'i" and other books of the Sunnah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he taught Abu Mahdhura the adhan, said:. Then you call the second adhan like the other adhans for the other prayers; there is no "Prayer is better than sleep" in the second adhan. So this is the correct Sunnah, first, to which one must submit and obey, and not oppose it practically. Second: the meaning of "Prayer is better than sleep" is: O sleepers, wake up and prepare to attend the Fajr prayer, which was mentioned in the Qur'an by His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): [Al-Isra 17:78].
As for the second adhan—and the people have woken up; indeed, many of them have attended the mosque—it is said: "Prayer is better than sleep"; this is, in terms of meaning, not in accordance with the legal text. If the imam and the mu'adhdhin can do this, they will have done as it is said: "They killed two birds with one stone"; first, they revived the Sunnah of the first adhan, and second, they moved "Prayer is better than sleep" from the second adhan to the first adhan. And beyond these two stones is a third stone; which is that they preserve the performance of the Fajr prayer in its time.
We, every day—if Allah wills—with the brother and some of our other brothers, go down from East Amman to a place called "Al-Nuzha" on the road known as Independence Street to pray Fajr; often we pass by some mosques and they are praying, and we arrive there and the prayer has not yet been established.
The questioner : The dawn has not appeared.
The Shaykh : The dawn has not appeared, so they invalidate the worship of people because of this astronomical timing; this is not a legal timing.
Another questioner : ... who is the person who can ... .
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar! And so I hope for you to cooperate with some of the people of the neighborhood here, like Abu Ahmad and others—if Allah wills—of those who are eager to follow the Sunnah.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : That you call the first adhan that they are calling, and you say as they say: "Prayer is better than sleep".
The questioner : Yes, of course.
The Shaykh : Then you call the second adhan, at least in the mosque; meaning without the loudspeaker.
Another questioner : I am saying it myself ... I am walking beside him because ... .
Another questioner : We told you.
The Shaykh : People are in heedlessness, in ignorance.
Another questioner : The Fajr prayer, if Allah wills.
Another questioner : ... so the harm came with them because they started raising their voices in the mosque ... the matter, we stopped calling the adhan, my father, by Allah, used to call the adhan.
The questioner : But the environment ... .
Another questioner : They raised their voices in the mosque and made a commotion.
The Shaykh : They made a commotion.
The questioner : But the neighborhood—praise be to Allah—the one we reached to pray, the dawn has appeared completely.
The Shaykh: Good.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : This is a great blessing.
The questioner : The Hajj sometimes calls the adhan.
Another questioner : When we go up, meaning we go up to look at the dawn, if it appears we hurry to pray the Sunnah, each one.
The questioner : For himself.
Another questioner : And then we pray the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Good, good.
The questioner : Meaning after the adhan, lower it a bit, meaning I hear the one beside me ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, in the name of Allah.
The questioner : He greets you, my uncle ... .
...
The Shaykh : ... to answer this question.
Another questioner : Meaning preferring the prayer over the tawaf, or the tawaf over the prayer.
The Shaykh : Your question completes this.
Another questioner : If you see the light.
The Shaykh: In the name of Allah.
This hadith is weak in its chain.
The questioner: This is weak.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : It is found in "Riyad al-Salihin"; the Shaykh says about it: weak.
Another questioner : ... the biography when the Prime Minister came ... .
The questioner : Yes.
Another questioner : He said: Can I ... .
The Shaykh : How, how Abu ... ?
...
The Shaykh : This is the darkness of the dawn, not the darkness of the night.
The questioner : It is after ... the dawn will be this.
The Shaykh : Of course, the dawn.
Another questioner : The remnants of the night or.
Another questioner : The darkness of the dawn ... .
The Shaykh : How?
Another questioner : The darkness of the dawn ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
Another questioner : There is a book in the جامع (mosque) that the brother "..." brought, its name is "Fiqh on the Four Schools of Jurisprudence"?
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : Subhan Allah! I was not impressed by any issue except the matter of the dawn, which he explained completely; how the true dawn and the false dawn look, with full detail ... .
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah, it is necessary.
The questioner : People among us have the belief: "This is what we did not find our fathers upon."
The Shaykh :[Az-Zukhruf 43:22] .
Another questioner : In the mosque, the first time I told them; I told them: The mu'adhdhins were ... Ibn Umm Maktum and Bilal; Bilal used to call the adhan at night and say: "Prayer is better than sleep," then the Companions would see the dawn; that blind man, they would say to him: "You have dawned, you have dawned" to Ibn Umm Maktum, so he would get up and call the adhan for Fajr, and they would pray.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : One of them who was the most strict said to me: Abu Ahmad, your words are correct ... come, I asked the scholars and they told me: I seek refuge in Allah, these are ... .
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah.
The questioner : ... one from the north, one from the south, one from the east, and they went up to look ... .
Another questioner : Raise your voice with Allah, my brother.
The questioner : As for the Fajr adhan, the adhan currently being called according to the official timings is in the night.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner : So we come, of course, it is supposed to be after the appearance of the twilight, after the appearance of the dawn, meaning.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It is supposed that one calls the second adhan.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So in it, some people, of course, this is considered arguing without knowledge.
The Shaykh: Correct.
The questioner : You are disgusted by this process, and you say to them: We are innovating. So what is the most correct opinion of the religion in this matter?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Before directly answering this question, I want to point out a common error among people, which is the questioner's saying: "What is the opinion of the religion?" The religion—may Allah bless you—has a ruling, not an opinion. An opinion comes from someone like me or you, who is subject to error and correctness. As for the religion, it is all truth, as you know. Therefore, it is only correct to ask: "What is the ruling of the religion? What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in such and such?" As for "What is the opinion of the religion?" this is an incorrect phrase common among people, and we seek forgiveness from Allah.
As for the answer to what you asked, there is no doubt that people today—regrettably—are in great heedlessness regarding many legal issues. Among them is the Qur'anic text:
And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]
وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِIn my opinion, the gentlest treatment is that the responsible imam and the mu'adhdhin who calls the adhan should call the first adhan that they are calling in their claim at the time of Fajr; he considers it the first adhan, then he waits until he sees the bright white of the dawn, at which time he calls the second adhan and does not say in it: "Prayer is better than sleep"; because the Sunnah is like this, as it came in "Sunan al-Nasa'i" and other books of the Sunnah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he taught Abu Mahdhura the adhan, said:
So when you call the adhan for Fajr, call the first adhan before the appearance of the dawn, and say in it: Prayer is better than sleep, prayer is better than sleep.
فإذا أذَّنت للفجر فأذِّن الأذان الأول قبل طلوع الفجر ، وتقول فيه : الصلاة خير من النوم ، الصلاة خير من النومand [also] the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًاAs for the second adhan—and the people have woken up; indeed, many of them have attended the mosque—it is said: "Prayer is better than sleep"; this is, in terms of meaning, not in accordance with the legal text. If the imam and the mu'adhdhin can do this, they will have done as it is said: "They killed two birds with one stone"; first, they revived the Sunnah of the first adhan, and second, they moved "Prayer is better than sleep" from the second adhan to the first adhan. And beyond these two stones is a third stone; which is that they preserve the performance of the Fajr prayer in its time.
We, every day—if Allah wills—with the brother and some of our other brothers, go down from East Amman to a place called "Al-Nuzha" on the road known as Independence Street to pray Fajr; often we pass by some mosques and they are praying, and we arrive there and the prayer has not yet been established.
The questioner : The dawn has not appeared.
The Shaykh : The dawn has not appeared, so they invalidate the worship of people because of this astronomical timing; this is not a legal timing.
Another questioner : ... who is the person who can ... .
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar! And so I hope for you to cooperate with some of the people of the neighborhood here, like Abu Ahmad and others—if Allah wills—of those who are eager to follow the Sunnah.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : That you call the first adhan that they are calling, and you say as they say: "Prayer is better than sleep".
The questioner : Yes, of course.
The Shaykh : Then you call the second adhan, at least in the mosque; meaning without the loudspeaker.
Another questioner : I am saying it myself ... I am walking beside him because ... .
Another questioner : We told you.
The Shaykh : People are in heedlessness, in ignorance.
Another questioner : The Fajr prayer, if Allah wills.
Another questioner : ... so the harm came with them because they started raising their voices in the mosque ... the matter, we stopped calling the adhan, my father, by Allah, used to call the adhan.
The questioner : But the environment ... .
Another questioner : They raised their voices in the mosque and made a commotion.
The Shaykh : They made a commotion.
The questioner : But the neighborhood—praise be to Allah—the one we reached to pray, the dawn has appeared completely.
The Shaykh: Good.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : This is a great blessing.
The questioner : The Hajj sometimes calls the adhan.
Another questioner : When we go up, meaning we go up to look at the dawn, if it appears we hurry to pray the Sunnah, each one.
The questioner : For himself.
Another questioner : And then we pray the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Good, good.
The questioner : Meaning after the adhan, lower it a bit, meaning I hear the one beside me ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, in the name of Allah.
The questioner : He greets you, my uncle ... .
...
The Shaykh : ... to answer this question.
Another questioner : Meaning preferring the prayer over the tawaf, or the tawaf over the prayer.
The Shaykh : Your question completes this.
Another questioner : If you see the light.
The Shaykh: In the name of Allah.
This hadith is weak in its chain.
The questioner: This is weak.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : It is found in "Riyad al-Salihin"; the Shaykh says about it: weak.
Another questioner : ... the biography when the Prime Minister came ... .
The questioner : Yes.
Another questioner : He said: Can I ... .
The Shaykh : How, how Abu ... ?
...
The Shaykh : This is the darkness of the dawn, not the darkness of the night.
The questioner : It is after ... the dawn will be this.
The Shaykh : Of course, the dawn.
Another questioner : The remnants of the night or.
Another questioner : The darkness of the dawn ... .
The Shaykh : How?
Another questioner : The darkness of the dawn ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
Another questioner : There is a book in the جامع (mosque) that the brother "..." brought, its name is "Fiqh on the Four Schools of Jurisprudence"?
The questioner: Yes.
Another questioner : Subhan Allah! I was not impressed by any issue except the matter of the dawn, which he explained completely; how the true dawn and the false dawn look, with full detail ... .
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah, it is necessary.
The questioner : People among us have the belief: "This is what we did not find our fathers upon."
The Shaykh :
Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their
إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ ...Another questioner : In the mosque, the first time I told them; I told them: The mu'adhdhins were ... Ibn Umm Maktum and Bilal; Bilal used to call the adhan at night and say: "Prayer is better than sleep," then the Companions would see the dawn; that blind man, they would say to him: "You have dawned, you have dawned" to Ibn Umm Maktum, so he would get up and call the adhan for Fajr, and they would pray.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : One of them who was the most strict said to me: Abu Ahmad, your words are correct ... come, I asked the scholars and they told me: I seek refuge in Allah, these are ... .
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah.
The questioner : ... one from the north, one from the south, one from the east, and they went up to look ... .
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