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Should we reply to an adhān played on a recorder?

· 7 Safar 1436 AH1 min readFatwa 31352English

Question

Our office is in the basement of a building, where at the time of Zohr salah, a recorded azaan is played to attention every one for Salah time, since we can't hear the azaan called from nearaabout mosques. Can we answer the Azan words or is it necessary to answer Azan only when it is called live from mosque and you are able to hear it.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

An adhān played on a recorder is not considered to be in the ruling of an adhān given by a real person.[1] As such, it is not necessary to reply to such an adhān.[2] If one does so, it is not prohibited either.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Bilal Mohammad

Student Darul Iftaa
New Jersey, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] Khayrul Fatāwā, v. 2 p. 225, Maktabah Imdādiyyah

Fatāwā Rahīmiyyah, v. 4 p. 99, Dārul Ishā`at

Fatāwā Dīniyyah, v. 1 p. 389, Jāmi`ah Husayniyya

Jadīd Fiqhī Masāil, v. 1 p. 93, Zam Zam Publishers

[2] Āp ke Masāil aur Unka Hal, v. 3 p. 309, Maktabah Ludhyānwī

Najmul Fatāwā, v. 2 p. 225, Dārul `Uloom Yāsīn Qur’ān

وَأَمَّا أَذَانُ الصَّبِيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَعْقِلُ فَلَا يُجْزِئُ وَيُعَادُ؛ لِأَنَّ مَا يَصْدُرُ لَا عَنْ عَقْلٍ لَا يُعْتَدُّ بِهِ كَصَوْتِ الطُّيُورِ.

(بدائع الصنائع، ج ١ ص ٦٤٦، دار الكتب العلمية (جديد)

Answered by
Bilal Mohammad
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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