sir assalamualaikum i am a student doing online researh, most of the time i work on net and i have downloaded a software on my pc (so i not miss the salah ) which start calling “AZAN” the moment namaz time starts. my question is this: what does islam say of this Azan, shoud i stop working at that moment and reply azan and whether can i talk at that time r should keep mum and so on. Plese provide all detail of the issue. Allah reward u the best!
Answer:
(Fatwa: 342/318=B/1430)
The azan of computer is not the real azan, but it is echo; therefore it is not sunnah or mustahab to respond the azan or to keep silent and stop working.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband