The ruling on the first adhan for the Friday prayer
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Q458: The questioner asks: What is the ruling regarding the first adhan?
A458: The first adhan is a recommended practice (sunnah) so that people can prepare to attend the Friday prayer. The first to order it was the Rightly Guided Caliph, Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), from among the Rightly Guided Caliphs, when the people in Madinah increased and the city expanded, and they became occupied with their wealth, agriculture, selling, and buying. He ordered the first adhan so that people could prepare for the Friday prayer. It is a continuing recommended practice (sunnah), based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Mishkat al-Masabih 165Sahīh (Zubair `Aliza'i) Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was the third of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Thus, this adhan is a recommended practice (sunnah) that should not be left, and the need calls for it, because people’s heedlessness in these times is greater than their heedlessness in the time of Uthman. However, the first adhan on Friday should be given a period of time before the second adhan that allows people to prepare and attend the Friday prayer. As for delaying it until just before the second adhan,
with only minutes between them, this does not achieve the intended purpose, and it is not prescribed in this case.
A458: The first adhan is a recommended practice (sunnah) so that people can prepare to attend the Friday prayer. The first to order it was the Rightly Guided Caliph, Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), from among the Rightly Guided Caliphs, when the people in Madinah increased and the city expanded, and they became occupied with their wealth, agriculture, selling, and buying. He ordered the first adhan so that people could prepare for the Friday prayer. It is a continuing recommended practice (sunnah), based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
You must therefore follow my sunna and that of the rightly guided Caliphs
فعليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين المهديين من بعديwith only minutes between them, this does not achieve the intended purpose, and it is not prescribed in this case.
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