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1. Adhan is one of Islam's rituals, which is known through thetextual provisions of religion as well as the consensus of theMuslim Ummah, therefore Adhan is considered as one of thesigns that distinguish between Muslim and non-Muslim lands.A consensus has been reported that if people of a region agreeto abandon it, they would be fought for that.2. Adhan since its inception in the first Hijrah year until now hasbeen a continuous practice of Muslims for each of the dailyfive prayers in mosques, even though there may be severalmosques in one area.3. In one Hadith, Malik Ibn Huwairith (may Allah be pleasedwith him) has reported that Prophet Muhammad (peace beupon him) said: “When the time of prayer commenced, one ofyou should pronounce Adhan for all of you and the most seniorperson among you should lead you in prayer.” (Agreed upon)4. Intention is one of the conditions of Adhan. Hence, itspronouncement by a person such as insane, drunk and the likeis not valid, because there is no intention involved in itspronouncement. The case is similar in the above-mentionedaudio recording.5. Adhan is a physical act of worship. Ibn Qudamah said in Al-Mughni (Vol.1, P.425): “A person should not base his intentionon other person’s Adhan, because it is a physical act of worshipand it is not valid by two persons like in Salah (prayer).”6. The unification of Adhan for mosques through audio recordersas mentioned above has various risks and dangers, some ofthem are mentioned below:a) It is related to the legitimacy of Adhan that every prayer in themosque has some practices of Sunnah, which in the case of232