What does the one who prays do if he misses following the mu'adhdhin?
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The questioner : ... He follows him, or else there is no way... if he is in prayer.
The Shaykh : No, he does not follow him in prayer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In prayer, he does not follow him.
The questioner : No, he did not follow him.
The Shaykh : So.
The questioner : But when he said the taslim, the adhan had ended. He follows him after he says the taslim, and when the adhan has ended; what do you have on this, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : When he said the taslim.
The questioner : The adhan had ended.
The Shaykh : I mean, you want to say: with his taslim, the adhan ended.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : At that point, he is left with two things to say — and upon you be peace — which have no connection to following, no connection to following; because following means that when the mu'adhdhin says: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar; you say: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, and so on. This is following. And the situation you are asking about is one where, at the time he was supposed to follow the mu'adhdhin, he was in prayer, engaged in another act of worship. And so — and upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings — he is unable to follow, but he must perform the other two things that every person who hears the adhan should include with following, if it is possible to perform them; otherwise, he limits himself to what he is able to do. And in this situation, he is able to perform the other two things; and they are what the Messenger (peace be upon him) mentioned in the hadith that Muslim narrated in his Sahih, in the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 678Sahih (Darussalam) — this is the following — — meaning: after performing the following — . So, this person who said the taslim here, and the mu'adhdhin finished here, has missed the following, and he is left with sending blessings upon the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and supplicating for him the rank by which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) distinguished him from all the prophets and messengers, which is the Praiseworthy Station, and it is the great intercession. This is what is required of this person who is praying.
The Shaykh : No, he does not follow him in prayer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In prayer, he does not follow him.
The questioner : No, he did not follow him.
The Shaykh : So.
The questioner : But when he said the taslim, the adhan had ended. He follows him after he says the taslim, and when the adhan has ended; what do you have on this, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : When he said the taslim.
The questioner : The adhan had ended.
The Shaykh : I mean, you want to say: with his taslim, the adhan ended.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : At that point, he is left with two things to say — and upon you be peace — which have no connection to following, no connection to following; because following means that when the mu'adhdhin says: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar; you say: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, and so on. This is following. And the situation you are asking about is one where, at the time he was supposed to follow the mu'adhdhin, he was in prayer, engaged in another act of worship. And so — and upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings — he is unable to follow, but he must perform the other two things that every person who hears the adhan should include with following, if it is possible to perform them; otherwise, he limits himself to what he is able to do. And in this situation, he is able to perform the other two things; and they are what the Messenger (peace be upon him) mentioned in the hadith that Muslim narrated in his Sahih, in the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
When you hear the Mu'adhdhin then say what he says
إذا سمعتم المؤذِّن فقولوا مثلما يقولThen send blessings upon me, then
ثم صلُّوا عليَّ ، ثمThen send blessings upon me; for whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah sends blessings upon him ten times. Then ask Allah for me the Wasilah; for it is a rank in Paradise, or a station in Paradise, that is not fitting for any man except one, and I hope that I will be he. Whoever asks for me the Wasilah — may he be favored — whoever asks for me the Wasilah, my intercession will be permissible for him on the Day of Resurrection
ثمَّ صلوا عليَّ ؛ فإنه من صلَّى عليَّ مرة واحدة صلَّى الله عليه عشرة ، ثم سلوا الله لي الوسيلة ؛ فإنها درجةٌ في الجنَّة أو منزلة في الجنَّة لا تنبغي إلا لرجلٍ ، وأرجو أن أكون أنا هو ، فمَن سأل لي الوسيلة - تفضَّل - فمَن سأل لي الوسيلة حلَّت له شفاعتي يوم القيامة
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