Is a recording sufficient in place of the mu'adhdhin?
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The Shaykh : I mean, is a recording sufficient in place of the mu'adhdhin?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I ask you: if we brought in a good imam, one who is deliberate in his prayer, with good recitation, deliberate bowing, and deliberate prostration, and we recorded him and placed the recording in front of the worshippers and said, "Pray," is it valid or not?
The questioner : It is not valid.
The Shaykh : How is it not valid? We are talking about the voice of the imam, who is one of the best imams. Well, this is the same thing.
The questioner : For information only.
The Shaykh : No, no, it is dhikr, and dhikr is required. So let one of you call the adhan. It is not valid, it is not valid, and it does not suffice. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you... if one hears the adhan, meaning here on the outskirts of the city... should he repeat it with him, even if he hears the adhan of his own mosque and does not go...?
The Shaykh : This has not come. Yes.
The questioner : How do we distinguish between someone outside the town?
The Shaykh : Between what?
The questioner : Between the one who hears the adhan because he has left the town and the one who is in the town: it is obligatory for the first, and not obligatory for the second.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, correct. *Al-Kafi*. Two or three who do not have a copy of *Al-Kafi*, and who are university students or above, should write their names and give them to me. And those below university level, we do not like to burden them with what they cannot bear, because *Al-Kafi* is too heavy for them. And if he reads in it and has not reached the level of postgraduate studies, he will be lost. Are you among those who do not have *Al-Kafi*? Well, good.
The questioner : He says, first, the testimony, the first testimony...
The Shaykh : No, no, both testimonies. He says both of them. Yes.
The questioner : ... some people...
The Shaykh : What is it for?
The questioner : ... it is too heavy for him, it is not... does the mu'adhdhin...
The Shaykh : But the basin in which the mu'adhdhin is, does it have, for example, a neck? The same thing we mentioned: the correct view is that it remains in its place and does not turn.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It does not matter, it does not matter.
The questioner : We mentioned that the 'illah (operative cause) in the turning in the "Hayya" is turning to the right and to the left. So if someone says, "If there were an 'illah, the turning would be in every adhan."
The Shaykh : No, the adhan is dhikr: "Hayya 'ala al-salah" (Come to prayer). "Du'a" (Supplication): "May Allah make your evening good."
And may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I ask you: if we brought in a good imam, one who is deliberate in his prayer, with good recitation, deliberate bowing, and deliberate prostration, and we recorded him and placed the recording in front of the worshippers and said, "Pray," is it valid or not?
The questioner : It is not valid.
The Shaykh : How is it not valid? We are talking about the voice of the imam, who is one of the best imams. Well, this is the same thing.
The questioner : For information only.
The Shaykh : No, no, it is dhikr, and dhikr is required. So let one of you call the adhan. It is not valid, it is not valid, and it does not suffice. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you... if one hears the adhan, meaning here on the outskirts of the city... should he repeat it with him, even if he hears the adhan of his own mosque and does not go...?
The Shaykh : This has not come. Yes.
The questioner : How do we distinguish between someone outside the town?
The Shaykh : Between what?
The questioner : Between the one who hears the adhan because he has left the town and the one who is in the town: it is obligatory for the first, and not obligatory for the second.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, correct. *Al-Kafi*. Two or three who do not have a copy of *Al-Kafi*, and who are university students or above, should write their names and give them to me. And those below university level, we do not like to burden them with what they cannot bear, because *Al-Kafi* is too heavy for them. And if he reads in it and has not reached the level of postgraduate studies, he will be lost. Are you among those who do not have *Al-Kafi*? Well, good.
The questioner : He says, first, the testimony, the first testimony...
The Shaykh : No, no, both testimonies. He says both of them. Yes.
The questioner : ... some people...
The Shaykh : What is it for?
The questioner : ... it is too heavy for him, it is not... does the mu'adhdhin...
The Shaykh : But the basin in which the mu'adhdhin is, does it have, for example, a neck? The same thing we mentioned: the correct view is that it remains in its place and does not turn.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It does not matter, it does not matter.
The questioner : We mentioned that the 'illah (operative cause) in the turning in the "Hayya" is turning to the right and to the left. So if someone says, "If there were an 'illah, the turning would be in every adhan."
The Shaykh : No, the adhan is dhikr: "Hayya 'ala al-salah" (Come to prayer). "Du'a" (Supplication): "May Allah make your evening good."
And may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.