The ruling on the adhan after the beginning of the time has passed, and its ruling for the one praying alone in the wilderness
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Q: Some people say: If the adhan is not called at the beginning of the time, there is no need for the adhan; because the adhan is for announcing the entry of the time of prayer. What is your opinion, Your Eminence, in that? And is the adhan prescribed for the one praying alone in the wilderness?
A: If the mu'adhdhin does not call the adhan at the beginning of the time, it is not prescribed for him to call it afterwards if there are other mu'adhdhins in the place who have fulfilled the requirement. However, if the delay is slight, there is no harm in his calling it. But if there is no one else in the town besides him, it is obligatory for him to call the adhan even if some of the time has passed; because the adhan in this case is a collective obligation (fard kifayah), and no one else has performed it, so it becomes obligatory upon him; because he is the one responsible for it; and because people are usually waiting for it.
As for the traveler, it is prescribed for him to give the adhan even if he is alone; for what is established in the authentic hadith from Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said to a man:Muwatta Malik 3:5, and this was raised to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); and because of the generality of the other hadiths regarding the prescription of the adhan and its benefit.
A: If the mu'adhdhin does not call the adhan at the beginning of the time, it is not prescribed for him to call it afterwards if there are other mu'adhdhins in the place who have fulfilled the requirement. However, if the delay is slight, there is no harm in his calling it. But if there is no one else in the town besides him, it is obligatory for him to call the adhan even if some of the time has passed; because the adhan in this case is a collective obligation (fard kifayah), and no one else has performed it, so it becomes obligatory upon him; because he is the one responsible for it; and because people are usually waiting for it.
As for the traveler, it is prescribed for him to give the adhan even if he is alone; for what is established in the authentic hadith from Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said to a man:
When you are among your sheep or in your desert, call the prayer and raise your voice in the adhan, because I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'No jinn or man or anything within range hears the voice of the muadhdhin except that it bears witness for him on the day of rising.'
إذا كنت في غنمك وباديتك فارفع صوتك بالنداء، فإنه لا يسمع مدى صوت المؤذن جن ولا إنس ولا شيء إلا شهد له يوم القيامة
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