Can the Muadhin look right and left when saying the Hay'alatain?
Question
During Iqamah, does the Muadhin look right and left when saying Haya 'alal Falah and Haya 'alas Salah? Or does he look straight ahead?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu 'alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
It is Mustahab (desirable) for the Muadhin, when giving Iqamah, to look right when saying حي على الصلوة and look left when saying حي على الفلاح.[1]
Looking straight without turning to the right and left is also permissible.
And Allah Ta'āla Knows Best
Hasan Ahmed Razzak
Student – Darul Iftaa
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[1]
الدر المختار شرح تنوير الأبصار وجامع البحار (ص: 55)
وقيل لا بأس به في الحيعلتين (ويترسل فيه) بسكتة بين كل كلمتين
ويكره تركه، وتندب إعادته (ويلتفت فيه) وكذا فيها مطلقا، وقيل إن المحل متسعا (يمنا ويسارا) فقط
الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (1/ 387)
وَتُنْدَبُ إعَادَتُهُ (وَيَلْتَفِتُ فِيهِ) وَكَذَا فِيهَا مُطْلَقًا، وَقِيلَ إنَّ الْمَحَلَّ مُتَّسِعًا (يَمِينًا وَيَسَارًا) فَقَطْ؛ لِئَلَّا يَسْتَدْبِرَ الْقِبْلَةَ (بِصَلَاةٍ وَفَلَاحٍ) وَلَوْ وَحْدَهُ أَوْ لِمَوْلُودٍ؛ لِأَنَّهُ سُنَّةُ الْأَذَانِ مُطْلَقًا
البحر الرائق ج-1 ص- 258
رواه الدار قطنى عن بلال رضي الله عنه قال: أمرنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا أذنا أو أقمنا أن لانزيل أقدامنا عن مواضعنا و أطلق في الالتفات و لم يقيده بالأذان وقدمنا عن القنية أنه يحول في الإقامة
امداد الفتاوی ج-1 ص-108
التفات یمین و یسار جیسا اذان میں مسنون ہے ویساہی اقامت میں اور ایسے ہی بچہ کے کان میں
فتاوى دار العلوم زكريا ج-2 ص-106
اقامت کے وقت حی علی الصلاۃ میں دائیں طرف اور حی علی الفلاح میں بائیں طرف منہ پھیرنا مستحب ہے
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- Hasan Ahmed Razzak
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- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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