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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Ruling on interrupting the adhan to defend oneself

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Question:
He also asks and says: If a mu'adhdhin in a town calls the first and second adhan for Fajr, and on the second day, when he called the first adhan, the people of the town started throwing stones at him, is it permissible to interrupt the adhan to defend himself, or what should he do?

Answer:
It is recommended that there be a first adhan for the Fajr prayer so that people are alerted. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding Bilal's adhan before the dawn:
To wake up your sleeper and to return your one who is awakeليوقظ نائمكم، ويرجع قائمكم
to alert people that the dawn is near.
As for the obligatory adhan, it is after the dawn. This is a collective obligation; if enough people perform it, the obligation falls off the rest. When the dawn breaks, the adhan is called so that people know the dawn has broken and so that they attend the congregational prayer in the mosques.
As for the one who is harmed by the one who calls the first adhan, he has two situations: One is that the harm can be remedied after the adhan is finished. In this case, he does not interrupt; he completes his adhan. There is no harm in complaining about them, or otherwise... As for if they are harming him during the adhan, such that a stone might hit him or they might strike him, he may interrupt the adhan and defend himself, and there is no blame on him for that.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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