Book of Namaz
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innovation. So it is doubtless that useful broadcasting, via radios<br />
and loudspeakers, is an invention which Islam not only<br />
countenances, but also encourages as a means for teaching<br />
purposes. However, it is harmful to do worships with the annoying<br />
sound <strong>of</strong> loudspeakers, thus depriving Muslims <strong>of</strong> the sweet sound<br />
<strong>of</strong> the azân. It is an unnecessary waste to install loudspeakers in<br />
mosques. When this apparatus, which clatters as if it were a church<br />
bell instead <strong>of</strong> the voices <strong>of</strong> pious believers divinely impressing the<br />
hearts with îmân, did not exist, the azâns said on minarets and the<br />
voices <strong>of</strong> tekbîr in mosques used to move even foreigners to<br />
enthusiasm. The jamâ’ats that filled the mosques upon hearing the<br />
azans, called at every quarter, used to perform their namâz in<br />
khushû’ (deep and humble reverence), as had been in the time <strong>of</strong><br />
the Sahâba. This heavenly effect <strong>of</strong> the azân that would move<br />
believers to raptures, has been fading away in the metallic<br />
ululations <strong>of</strong> loudspeakers.<br />
Rasûlullah 'alaihis-salâm said “Whoever s<strong>of</strong>tly repeats the<br />
words when he hears the adhân, for each letter he will be given one<br />
thousand rewards and his one thousand sins will be pardoned”<br />
It is sunnat for a person who hears the azân to repeat silently<br />
what he hears, even if he is reading (or reciting) the Qur’ân alkarîm.<br />
Upon hearing the parts <strong>of</strong> “Hayya alâ...,” you do not repeat<br />
them, but say, “Lâ hawla walâ quwwata illâ billâh.” After saying<br />
the azân you say the (prayer termed) salawât and then say the<br />
prescribed prayer <strong>of</strong> azân. After saying Ash’ hadu anna<br />
Muhammadan Rasûlullah the second time, it is mustahab to kiss<br />
the nails <strong>of</strong> both thumbs and rub them gently on the eyes. This is<br />
not done while saying the iqâmat.<br />
The Reciting <strong>of</strong> Azân<br />
Allâhu Akbar (Four times)<br />
Ash’hadu An Lâ Ilâha Il-Lal-Lah (Two Times)<br />
Ash’hadu Anna Muhammadan Rasûlullah (Two Times)<br />
Hayya ’Alassalâh (Two Times)<br />
Hayya ’Alalfalâh (Two Times)<br />
Allahu Akbar (Two Times)<br />
Lâ Ilâha Il-Lal-Lah (Two times)<br />
Only in the azân for the morning prayer, after Hayya 'alalfalâh,<br />
you say (Es-salâtu hayrun minan-nawm) two times.<br />
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