I am a mu'adhdhin; when I finish the adhan, I go and perform wudu' at home. Do I commit a sin because when the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan, it is not permissible for anyone to leave the mosque?

The questioner : He says: O honorable Shaykh, I am a mu'adhdhin; when I finish the adhan, I go and perform wudu' at home. Do I commit a sin because when the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan, it is not permissible for anyone to leave the mosque? I ask you, O honorable Shaykh, to advise the mu'adhdhins regarding the Fajr adhan, because there is a variation among the mu'adhdhins that reaches eight minutes.

The Shaykh : As for the first part of the question, it is better for the mu'adhdhin not to call the adhan unless he is in a state of ritual purity, because the adhan is a form of dhikr (remembrance) of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: It is disliked to call the adhan while in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity). This applies if the adhan is called outside the mosque. As for in the mosque, it is not permissible to call the adhan while in a state of janabah except after performing wudu'. However, if he calls the adhan without wudu', for example, if he wakes up late and goes to call the adhan immediately, or if he is busy and the time slips away, and he does not realize it until the people are calling the adhan, so he rushes and calls the adhan without wudu', then his adhan is valid, and there is no blame on him. If he leaves the mosque after finishing the adhan to perform wudu' and then returns, there is nothing wrong with that. The hadith warns against leaving the mosque after the adhan without returning. But if his intention is to return and he does return, there is absolutely no blame on him in this. As for the second part of the question, which is the variation among the mu'adhdhins in the Fajr adhan, yes, the matter is as he said. Some of them may be about eight minutes or even ten minutes apart from the first mu'adhdhin. This is because some mu'adhdhins call the adhan according to the timing found in the calendars. Specifically for the Fajr adhan, the timing in the calendars is five minutes early. So we say: If you find in the calendar that the adhan is at such and such a time, add five minutes. This is specific to the Fajr adhan. As for the other times, the calendar is fine, but for Fajr, it is early. For example, if this man called the adhan according to the calendar and the other was delayed by five minutes, there would be five minutes between them. If he was delayed by two or three minutes, there would be eight minutes between them. Yes.