The Shaykh’s warning regarding deviations related to the adhan and the iqamah.

The Shaykh : Who is going to call the adhan? No, the adhan is not called here. You established this mosque, so why should we give you a lecture? You established this mosque, and it should be a mosque in accordance with the Sunnah. May Allah reward you. Listen, O 'Alimi. It is not permissible for the adhan to be called inside the mosque; rather, it should be called on the mosque or from a high place, as is feasible. There is no objection to broadcasting this adhan using modern means today. However, calling the adhan inside the mosque is a religious innovation. This is one point.
And the other is the iqamah inside the mosque, which is not broadcast.
The prayer inside the mosque is not broadcast.
The sermon inside the mosque is not broadcast.
And these are words we delivered during our tour when we passed by you in many countries. The mihrab is, of course, a religious innovation, and I do not know how our brothers built it, but I see that they imitated the countries in which they lived. And whoever lives with a people is counted among them.

The Shaykh : And the audience laughed.
The adhan is to be called outside. The adhan is called.

The questioner : How do they call it outside?
Another questioner: He goes out, that’s it, he stands like this.

The questioner : Wait, wait, meaning the speaker is outside now.

The Shaykh : Is it not possible?

The questioner : Correct, unless they do it in another way.

The Shaykh : It is not possible. Abu 'Abdullah will go out and call the adhan outside.

The questioner : Faisal will call the adhan outside, there is nothing wrong with that.

The Shaykh : Ah

The questioner : Faisal is calling the adhan now, there is nothing wrong with that.

The Shaykh : That is how it is, so what is the problem?

The questioner : No, I mean, is it permissible if we put the microphone outside?

The Shaykh : It is permissible, as I said earlier.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : I said earlier.

The questioner : There are speakers outside.

The Shaykh : The adhan must be outside the mosque; I said this. There is no objection to announcing it with a loudspeaker. The iqamah is to be inside the mosque and not announced with a loudspeaker. The prayer is inside the mosque and not announced with a loudspeaker. You know that the Sunnah is that the mu'adhdhin used to call the adhan on the roof of the mosque, and the iqamah is inside the mosque. This distinction is a distortion of the Sunnah.

The questioner : No

The Shaykh : Far be it from the Muslims today, but they distort, they distort, because they equate two rulings that are not identical. They equate two rulings that are not identical. So the Sunnah is that the adhan is on the roof of the mosque to make those around the mosque hear it. The iqamah is specifically for the people of the mosque. What does it mean to hear the iqamah? Who hears it? The one who hears the adhan.

The questioner : We justify announcing the iqamah of the prayer on the speaker so that the neighbors might hear it and come, meaning some of those who lag behind in prayer. This justification means that there is nothing wrong with it.

The Shaykh : It is a justification that is "an excuse worse than the sin." Otherwise, when the mu'adhdhin calls the adhan and says "Hayya 'ala al-salah" (Come to prayer), to whom is he speaking?

The questioner : Yes, correct.

The Shaykh : To those who justify their lagging behind in responding to the mu'adhdhin. And therefore, we must not deal with matters according to the method of Abu Nuwas, "And treat with that which was the disease." These people are lazy in hastening to the mosque when they hear "Hayya 'ala al-salah, Hayya 'ala al-falah" (Come to prayer, come to success), and they wait until they hear the muqim stand and say "Hayya 'ala al-salah." He does not say "Come to prayer" to these laggards; he says it to whom? To those who hastened to the mosque. And therefore, the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). And I warn you, and your mosque is newly established, not to be submissive, and not to be a follower of the other mosques. And I advise you not to make the mosque an endowment, otherwise you will be overpowered in its affairs, and an innovator imam will be appointed over you whom you do not approve of, and you will not be able to direct him to the Sunnah. And this is a reminder, and the reminder benefits the believers.