The discussion regarding the unified adhan.
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The questioner : Do we repeat the adhan on the radio?
The Shaykh : It is one of the innovations of the end times.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is the mosque of the unified adhan, meaning...
The questioner : Do I repeat after it for the reward, or do I not repeat?
The Shaykh : If the adhan is genuine and the voice reaches the farthest place, then it is obligatory to respond to it, or at least it is a recommended practice. But if it is a recording...
The questioner : ... As for the recording, I do not repeat after the radio, the radio, or the recorder. This is what I am asking you about in the mosque; it is a recording, meaning I do not repeat after it.
The Shaykh : This is what we say, but if the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan and broadcasting his adhan with a loudspeaker...
The questioner : This is what I repeat after. I say this unified adhan is a cassette tape that they put on at the designated time; it is not the mu'adhdhin.
The Shaykh : This is a negation of the religious custom.
Abu Layla : In my knowledge, O Shaykh, there is one mu'adhdhin in the Husayn Mosque.
The questioner : No, no, it is a tape.
Abu Layla : O Shaykh, regarding the unified adhan, is it a tape or a person calling the adhan at the time? A person calling the adhan at the time.
The questioner : What I know is that it is a tape. The same adhan that comes out in the mosque comes out on the radio all the time. Sometimes it is completely different.
O Shaykh, the same mu'adhdhin that comes out on the radio comes out in this one. I am attentive to it.
The Shaykh : Abu Malik, we need confirmation on the matter because the issue of the permissibility of responding or its impermissibility depends on it, because here the brother is confirming that it is a tape, so we need confirmation on the matter.
Shuqara: I will confirm the matter tomorrow, but the extent of my knowledge is what I am saying.
The Shaykh : Where is this adhan being broadcast from?
Shuqara: There are two adhans. An adhan from the radio comes out and comes out at the same time, and that is what makes you sometimes know that it is different. And there is an adhan from King Abdullah Mosque; it is the one that is distributed to the other mosques. As for the radio adhan, it comes out all over the world, whereas the adhan of King Abdullah...
The Shaykh : Is the radio adhan the same adhan issued from Abdullah Mosque?
Shuqara: No, no.
The Shaykh : If so, that is the tape.
Shuqara: The tape that is on the radio. But O Shaykh, I say...
The questioner : O Shaykh, I will bring you the imam who calls this adhan; this will resolve the issue. There is an imam we know who is the one who calls the unified adhan because his voice is beautiful. I will bring him to you, and he will tell you how he calls it and how the cycle works.
The Shaykh : No, if you are not bringing him to me, bring him to the professor here.
The questioner : The same mu'adhdhin that comes out, as Abu Malik says, from Abdullah Mosque comes out on the radio at the same time, together.
Shuqara: The truth is, the adhan that is broadcast is the adhan we know, which does not have these innovations of elongation, terror, and other things like raising and lowering the voice, which are innovations that have entered the adhan. So I say, I wonder if this is the adhan that is responded to, or the adhan we are accustomed to? This is the correct, valid, Shari'ah adhan. As for the issue of the adhan for the sake of the tape, this is truly something we are done with and we know that it is not responded to.
The Shaykh : Therefore, the question is whether it is a genuine adhan but broadcast with loudspeakers, or is it a recording? It has an adhan, meaning a genuine one: "Stand up for prayer, and Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him. I testify that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You."
The Shaykh : It is one of the innovations of the end times.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is the mosque of the unified adhan, meaning...
The questioner : Do I repeat after it for the reward, or do I not repeat?
The Shaykh : If the adhan is genuine and the voice reaches the farthest place, then it is obligatory to respond to it, or at least it is a recommended practice. But if it is a recording...
The questioner : ... As for the recording, I do not repeat after the radio, the radio, or the recorder. This is what I am asking you about in the mosque; it is a recording, meaning I do not repeat after it.
The Shaykh : This is what we say, but if the mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan and broadcasting his adhan with a loudspeaker...
The questioner : This is what I repeat after. I say this unified adhan is a cassette tape that they put on at the designated time; it is not the mu'adhdhin.
The Shaykh : This is a negation of the religious custom.
Abu Layla : In my knowledge, O Shaykh, there is one mu'adhdhin in the Husayn Mosque.
The questioner : No, no, it is a tape.
Abu Layla : O Shaykh, regarding the unified adhan, is it a tape or a person calling the adhan at the time? A person calling the adhan at the time.
The questioner : What I know is that it is a tape. The same adhan that comes out in the mosque comes out on the radio all the time. Sometimes it is completely different.
O Shaykh, the same mu'adhdhin that comes out on the radio comes out in this one. I am attentive to it.
The Shaykh : Abu Malik, we need confirmation on the matter because the issue of the permissibility of responding or its impermissibility depends on it, because here the brother is confirming that it is a tape, so we need confirmation on the matter.
Shuqara: I will confirm the matter tomorrow, but the extent of my knowledge is what I am saying.
The Shaykh : Where is this adhan being broadcast from?
Shuqara: There are two adhans. An adhan from the radio comes out and comes out at the same time, and that is what makes you sometimes know that it is different. And there is an adhan from King Abdullah Mosque; it is the one that is distributed to the other mosques. As for the radio adhan, it comes out all over the world, whereas the adhan of King Abdullah...
The Shaykh : Is the radio adhan the same adhan issued from Abdullah Mosque?
Shuqara: No, no.
The Shaykh : If so, that is the tape.
Shuqara: The tape that is on the radio. But O Shaykh, I say...
The questioner : O Shaykh, I will bring you the imam who calls this adhan; this will resolve the issue. There is an imam we know who is the one who calls the unified adhan because his voice is beautiful. I will bring him to you, and he will tell you how he calls it and how the cycle works.
The Shaykh : No, if you are not bringing him to me, bring him to the professor here.
The questioner : The same mu'adhdhin that comes out, as Abu Malik says, from Abdullah Mosque comes out on the radio at the same time, together.
Shuqara: The truth is, the adhan that is broadcast is the adhan we know, which does not have these innovations of elongation, terror, and other things like raising and lowering the voice, which are innovations that have entered the adhan. So I say, I wonder if this is the adhan that is responded to, or the adhan we are accustomed to? This is the correct, valid, Shari'ah adhan. As for the issue of the adhan for the sake of the tape, this is truly something we are done with and we know that it is not responded to.
The Shaykh : Therefore, the question is whether it is a genuine adhan but broadcast with loudspeakers, or is it a recording? It has an adhan, meaning a genuine one: "Stand up for prayer, and Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him. I testify that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You."
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