Is the unified adhan prescribed, and what is the ruling on responding to it?
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The questioner : Regarding the unified adhan, our brothers say that the unified adhan is called from one mosque, and then the other mosques receive it. Do we repeat it with the mu'adhdhin or not, or is it considered ... .
The Shaykh : This has also been answered before. This unified adhan, are you saying it this way?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I did not say anything other than what I said.
The questioner : They call it this way.
The Shaykh : My brother, what you said is far from me. This unified adhan, which is as Abu Ayyub mentioned just now, where one mu'adhdhin calls and his adhan is broadcast, I say that this unified adhan is very far from tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Therefore, it is not prescribed, and responding to it publicly, in the presence of witnesses, may ... . the attendees that it is prescribed. And for this reason, we have two positions. The complete majority of us do not care about responding to it. Between us and our Lord, we respond to it.
The Shaykh : This has also been answered before. This unified adhan, are you saying it this way?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I did not say anything other than what I said.
The questioner : They call it this way.
The Shaykh : My brother, what you said is far from me. This unified adhan, which is as Abu Ayyub mentioned just now, where one mu'adhdhin calls and his adhan is broadcast, I say that this unified adhan is very far from tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Therefore, it is not prescribed, and responding to it publicly, in the presence of witnesses, may ... . the attendees that it is prescribed. And for this reason, we have two positions. The complete majority of us do not care about responding to it. Between us and our Lord, we respond to it.
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