Find authentic Islamic Answers from over 69,000 questions. You can narrow down your search from Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki, and Hanbali schools of law. This answer was collected from HanbaliDisciples.com. The questions have been answered by Imam John Starling.
Q: What is the ruling on talking during the Adhan? A: The Adhan and the Iqamah must be called in a relatively consecutive manner and therefore a little speech or even a little silence without need during it is disliked except for returning the greeting of salaam. Impermissible speech such as backbiting invalidates it. Source:… read more »
Q: After the Iqamah was made, I noticed someone raise their hands to make dua. Is this okay? A:Yes. When the Adhan is called, the listener repeats in the prescribed manner then utters the well known supplication and can make dua until the Iqamah. They then repeat it in the prescribed manner and make dua… read more »
Q: What do I do if I woke up after the adhan of Fajr and found out it was Ramadan? A: Fasting is obliged upon everyone with the sighting of the new moon, regardless of the location, or, as a precautionary measure, when atmospheric conditions prevent a potential sighting on the 29th of Shaban. If… read more »
Q: How do I make the adhan and iqamah? A: The Adhan “consists of 15 phrases. The caller slowly recites it while elevated, ritually pure, and facing the qiblah with his index fingers in his ears.”1. Allahu Akbar 2. Allahu Akbar 3. Allahu Akbar 4. Allahu Akbar 5. ash-hadu al-la illaha illa-llah 6. ash-hadu al-la… read more »
Q. Salaam. Please can you advise if a female can give the azaan into a baby’s ear once they are born or does it have to be a male? A. It is Sunnah to recite the Azaan and Iqaamah in the ear of a new-born baby. ‘Ubaidullah bin Abi Rafi’ narrates that his father said:… read more »
Q. I am currently doing an economic project at university and the question that I was posed with is why do masjids have minarets in North America? As you may know in North America unlike Trinidad we do not call the adhan loudly, but the question was asked, I am currently going to interview local… read more »
Question: I have a dispute with the some brothers here who are insisting that the fasting day starts with the adhan being called in the Masjid, that it is not up to the individual to make his own neeyet to start the fast. They will not accept that it is impossible to use that criteria… read more »
Q. I recently read in a book named “Our precious sprouts” by Muhammad Al-Jibaly that the calling of the adhan and iqamah for the newborn is a bid’ah act. A. Calling the Azan in the right ear of a new born child is desirable and it is evident in the hadith of Abu Rafie (R.A)…. read more »
QUESTION: As Salaamu Alaikum, As you know many mosques around the world have closed down the mosques completely to anchor the spread of this virus. One of the narrations used to justify this is: “Ibn ‘Umar announced Adhan for prayer on a cold, windy night. Then added: Pray in your dwellings; and then said: When… read more »
As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah, In light of the present situation in our country where the Government has instructed all citizens to ‘stay at home’ and not to ‘come out’ except for essential goods and services, it is necessary for all Muslims to abide by these laws and must not do anything to violate them…. read more »