Can we say our prayers while the azan is being recited. or wait for all the azans from different masjids to complete and then start our prayers. (we r able to hear azans from many masjids). Jazak Allah khair.
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Can we
say our prayers while the azan is being recited. or wait for all the azans from
different masjids to complete and then start our prayers. (we r able to hear
azans from many masjids).
Jazak
Allah khair.
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Answer:
Start prayer when adhaan
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
The ‘adhaan’ in Islam is but a signal or a public
announcement made as a proclamation to all those who hear it that the time to
offer the prescribed obligatory prayer of the day or night is now due. If one
has not heard the ‘adhaan’, but knows from the movement of the sun or through
the mechanism of determining time (watch, clock, etc.) that a prayer time is
due, there is absolutely no harm in offering their prescribed prayers.
If one starts their prayer when the ‘adhaan’ is still in
process of being declared, there is no harm and their prayer offered will be
valid. But the best practice and
etiquette when one hears the ‘adhaan’ is to follow the guidance of the
Messenger of Allah (saws) and respond to the declaration of the ‘adhaan’ by
repeating every phrase, and when the ‘adhaan’ is completed one offers their
desired prayers….that would be closest to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah
(saws).
Al-Muwatta
Hadith Hadith 3.2
Yahya related from
Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ata ibn Yazid al-Laythi from Abu Said al-Khudri that
the Messenger of Allah (saws) said, "When you hear the adhan, repeat what
the muadhdhin says."
In light of the above guidance
of the Messenger of Allah (saws) it is preferred that whoever listens to the ‘adhan’
being declared should repeat it after
the caller, except for the two ‘hayya 'alas-salah, hayya 'alal-falah’ phrases,
after which one should say La haula wa la quwatah illa billah (there is no
power or might save Allah).
But if for any reason one has started their prayer when
the ‘adhaan’ is being declared, there is no harm, and their prayer would be
considered valid in the Sight of Shariah.
Your Question: Can
we say our prayers while the azan is being recited. or wait for all the azans
from different masjids to complete and then start our prayers. (we r able to
hear azans from many masjids).
If a believer is blessed to live in a place where he/she
is able to hear multiple declarations of the ‘adhaan’ from the various masjids
in their vicinity, it would suffice if they would strive to respond to one of
the ‘adhaans’ until its completion and offer their prayers thereafter.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan