Explanation of the Book of the Adhan-01a
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The reader: Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us, saying: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us from Sammak ibn 'Atiyyah from Ayyub from Abu Qilabah from Anas, who said: Sahih al-Bukhari 605.
The Shaykh : So the exception enters here: "make the iqamah odd-numbered," excepting the iqamah itself, meaning "The prayer has begun," which is made even-numbered, i.e., said twice. What remains for us? The takbir at the beginning of the iqamah and at its end, which is made even-numbered. So some scholars answered that its being twice, with respect to the four in the adhan, is considered odd-numbered, because the four is even-numbered relative to two, so if the four is even-numbered relative to two, then the two is odd-numbered with respect to
The student: the four.
The Shaykh : the four, and the problem remains also in what? The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, in the final takbir, and in "There is no god but Allah" with respect to the adhan. In the final takbir, I do not see anything that clarifies the answer to it. As for the tahlil at its end, if it is cut off on an odd number, that is clear, because this word is a word of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and all acts of worship are cut off on an odd number. All acts of worship, the five pillars of Islam, are all on an odd number.
The Mu'adhdhin: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes
Bilal was ordered to repeat the wording of the Adhan for prayers twice, and to pronounce the wording of the Iqama once except "Qad-qamat-is-salat".
أمر بلال أن يشفع الأذان وأن يوتر الإقامة إلا الإقامةThe Shaykh : So the exception enters here: "make the iqamah odd-numbered," excepting the iqamah itself, meaning "The prayer has begun," which is made even-numbered, i.e., said twice. What remains for us? The takbir at the beginning of the iqamah and at its end, which is made even-numbered. So some scholars answered that its being twice, with respect to the four in the adhan, is considered odd-numbered, because the four is even-numbered relative to two, so if the four is even-numbered relative to two, then the two is odd-numbered with respect to
The student: the four.
The Shaykh : the four, and the problem remains also in what? The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, in the final takbir, and in "There is no god but Allah" with respect to the adhan. In the final takbir, I do not see anything that clarifies the answer to it. As for the tahlil at its end, if it is cut off on an odd number, that is clear, because this word is a word of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and all acts of worship are cut off on an odd number. All acts of worship, the five pillars of Islam, are all on an odd number.
The Mu'adhdhin: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes