There is a mu'adhdhin in our mosque who does not master the adhan; he pronounces the two testimonies by omitting the alif, and his speech is sound with no defect. Is his pronunciation of it permissible, and
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The questioner : There is a mu'adhdhin in our mosque who does not master the adhan according to the Shari'ah; he pronounces the two testimonies by omitting the alif. Is his pronunciation of it permissible? His speech is sound, and he has no defect or other impediment. What do you advise us, may Allah reward you?
The Shaykh : The fact is that the questioner did not specify which alif is omitted, so I do not know if it is the first alif in the word "Ashhad" (I bear witness)?
If that is the case, he cannot pronounce it because the shīn is sakin (unvowelled), and a sakin letter cannot be pronounced at the beginning of a word.
And if it is the alif in "an" (that), as in "Ashhad an la ilaha illa Allah, Ashhad an Muhammadan rasul Allah" (I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah), then this is also unlikely. In any case, let the questioner verify the pronunciation of this mu'adhdhin in his adhan, and after verifying, he should ask, clarify, and be explicit in the question.
The Shaykh : The fact is that the questioner did not specify which alif is omitted, so I do not know if it is the first alif in the word "Ashhad" (I bear witness)?
If that is the case, he cannot pronounce it because the shīn is sakin (unvowelled), and a sakin letter cannot be pronounced at the beginning of a word.
And if it is the alif in "an" (that), as in "Ashhad an la ilaha illa Allah, Ashhad an Muhammadan rasul Allah" (I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah), then this is also unlikely. In any case, let the questioner verify the pronunciation of this mu'adhdhin in his adhan, and after verifying, he should ask, clarify, and be explicit in the question.