If you enter the mosque and find the adhan being called, do I pray or do I respond to the adhan?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, if I enter the mosque and find the adhan being called, what should I do? Do I pray or do I wait to hear the adhan?
The Shaykh : I think you have now completed this question of yours. I wanted to say your question was incomplete, so your brother added to it.
The questioner : Your brother added to it.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward him with good. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:[Al-Qasas 28:35] If the question were asked in general terms, the answer would be completely different from the answer after it is specified. The answer in general terms is that one waits until the adhan is completed.
The questioner : O Shaykh, is it permissible?
The Shaykh : Wait a moment, slowly.
The questioner : I will not come down.
The Shaykh: In the mosque.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, stay there. Have you taken your things?
The questioner : These are for the khatib.
The Shaykh : These are for the khatib. Good.
The questioner : Shaykh, if you please.
The Shaykh : Wait, everyone, wait. If you enter the mosque and the adhan is being called on a day other than Friday, you should occupy yourself with responding to the adhan. Then, when you are finished, you send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and then you ask for him the intercession according to the text found in "Sahih al-Bukhari":Sahih al-Bukhari 4719 and so on. However, if you enter on Friday and the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan and the khatib is on the minbar, you should not occupy yourself in that manner. Rather, you should immediately perform the greeting of the mosque (Tahiyyat al-Masjid). Because if you occupy yourself with responding to the adhan, you will then occupy yourself with the greeting prayer while the khatib is delivering the sermon, and you will have neglected the obligation of listening, paying attention, and hearing.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you have understood.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : I think you have now completed this question of yours. I wanted to say your question was incomplete, so your brother added to it.
The questioner : Your brother added to it.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward him with good. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
We will strengthen your arm through your brother
سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَThe questioner : O Shaykh, is it permissible?
The Shaykh : Wait a moment, slowly.
The questioner : I will not come down.
The Shaykh: In the mosque.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, stay there. Have you taken your things?
The questioner : These are for the khatib.
The Shaykh : These are for the khatib. Good.
The questioner : Shaykh, if you please.
The Shaykh : Wait, everyone, wait. If you enter the mosque and the adhan is being called on a day other than Friday, you should occupy yourself with responding to the adhan. Then, when you are finished, you send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and then you ask for him the intercession according to the text found in "Sahih al-Bukhari":
O Allah, the Lord of this complete call
اللهمَّ ربَّ هذه الدَّعوة التَّامَّةThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you have understood.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
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