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Lesson 39
Adhan - Shortening /
Combining
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·
The Adhan (call for prayers)
should
be loud in villages and cities as a communal obligation on Muslims.
·
The Iqamah (call to commence prayer)
should be loud as an obligatory Sunnah.
·
Shortening the
four-Rak`ah
prayers
to two Rak`ahs is lawful, when traveling for more than eighty kilometers, as a
confirmed Sunnah. Shortening starts on departure until arrival and is allowed
unless a person intends to stay four days or more in the town of destination.[16]
· It is permissible to combine two prayers together for the traveler, by either advancing or delaying the two prayers of Noon and Afternoon in either time period. The same is true for the Sunset and Evening prayers. Combining is permissible also for the inhabitants of a town when there is extremely bad weather, for the patient who can not perform every prayer in its due time, and in times of fear.[
Evidence from Qur'an and Sunnah
Adhan (call for prayer):
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“When (the time of) the prayer
comes, then one of you should pronounce the Adhan for the prayer and the
oldest of you should lead the prayer.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
“A
man from the Ansar, came. And he turned his face towards the Qiblah and
said: Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest; I testify that there is
no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger
of Allah; come to prayer (he pronounced it twice), come to salvation (he
pronounced it twice); Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. He then
paused for a while, and then got up and pronounced in a similar way, except
that after the phrase ‘Come to salvation’ he added. ‘The time for
prayer has come, the time for prayer has come.’ The Prophet of Allah
(peace be upon him) said: Teach it to Bilal, then pronounce the Adhan
(call to prayer) with the same words.”
(Reported by Abu Dawud)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“So
whenever you are with your sheep or in the wilderness and you want to
pronounce Adhan for the prayer, raise your voice in doing so, for whoever
hears the Adhan, whether a human being, a jinn, or any other creature will
be a witness for you on the Day of Resurrection.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“When you hear the Mu’adhin, repeat what he
says, then invoke a blessing on me, for everyone who invokes a blessing on
me will receive ten blessings from Allah; then beg from Allah Al-Wasilah for
me, which is a rank in Paradise fitting for only one of Allah's servants,
and I hope that I may be that one. If anyone who asks that I be given the
Wasilah, he will be assured of my intercession
(for him).”
(Reported by Muslim)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“The
supplication made between the Adhan and the Iqamah is not rejected.”
(Reported by At-Tirmidhi)
Shortening prayers:
Allah says:
]وَإِذَا
ضَرَبْتُمْ
فِي الأَرْضِ
فَلَيْسَ
عَلَيْكُمْ
جُنَاحٌ أَن
تَقْصُرُواْ
مِنَ
الصَّلاَةِ[
(النساء:
101)
This
means: “And when you (Muslims) travel in the land, there is no sin on you
if you shorten your Salah (prayer).” (4, An-Nisa’: 101)
When he was asked about
shortening the Salah, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“It
is an act of charity which Allah has done to you, so accept His charity.”
(Reported by Muslim)
Combing the two prayers:
Usamah Ibn Zayd (may
Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
`Abdullah Ibn `Umar
(may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
“I saw the Prophet
delaying the Sunset prayer to offer it along with the Evening prayer when he
was in a hurry on a journey.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari)
