Is the adhan obligatory for one who hears it from another location?

Question: The questioner’s first question, Your Eminence, is as follows: Your brother in Allah, Yahya Muhammad Jabir Zaydani, says: A man is in a congregation and hears the adhan. Is it obligatory for him to call the adhan, or is the adhan he heard from another mu'adhdhin sufficient for him?

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and whoever follows his guidance. As for what follows:
As for the man who is in a congregation and hears the adhan from any mosque, it is obligatory for him and for the congregation to respond to the adhan and to head to the mosque. They should not pray in their location. There is no need for an adhan or anything else; rather, they should head to the mosque whose adhan they heard, provided it is near them such that they can reach it and pray with them. If the adhan is with the natural voice, the mosque is generally close. However, if it is amplified, it may be far away, and its sound reaches them from a distance.

In conclusion: It is obligatory for them to head to the mosque if possible. However, if it is far away and it is not feasible to reach it except after the prayer time has passed due to its distance, and because they heard the sound via an amplifier coming from afar, then they may suffice with the adhan, and the iqamah is sufficient. This is because the purpose is hearing the adhan and the presence of something that calls people to prayer and informs them of the time, and that has been achieved.

The presenter: No. He also asks in the message: Is it obligatory for him to call the adhan, or should he call the iqamah for the adhan he hears around him? Please inform us.

The Shaykh: This is sufficient.

The presenter: This means it is close to him.

The Shaykh: The point is that the iqamah is sufficient for him if it is not feasible for him to pray with the people due to illness, or because he is a guard, or something similar. The adhan is sufficient for him, and he calls the iqamah, meaning he performs only the iqamah. However, if he is in a nearby location where he can reach the place of the adhan and pray with the people, then it is obligatory for these listeners of the adhan to respond, based on the hadith: This is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said.
Therefore, it is obligatory for one who hears the adhan to respond to the mu'adhdhin and head to the mosque or the place of the mosque and the place of the congregation’s iqamah, so that the number of people increases, so that they gather in obedience to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and so that they comply with the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to attend the congregation. However, if there is a preventer, such as illness or fear, or because he is a guard of property he cannot leave, or because the place is far and they heard the sound from a distance due to the amplifier, and they cannot reach it except after the prayer has been missed, then let them pray in their location and suffice with the adhan. If they call the adhan, there is no harm; if they call a second adhan, there is no blame, for it is good without evil, especially with distance. And if they suffice with the adhan, it is sufficient, and they should only call the iqamah. This applies to the one who is prevented due to illness, fear, or something similar: he should call the iqamah for the prayer and suffice with the adhan. Yes.