What is the adhān and how should I respond to it?
The call to prayer — its words, its history (the dream of ʿAbdullāh ibn Zayd), the duʿāʾ after it, and what the Prophet ﷺ taught about responding.
1 passages from 1 book in the library
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 1 book by Imam al-Ghazali — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"Scholars have noted that if one is in prayer and misses responding to the call to prayer, he can respond after finishing his prayer, even if the caller has stopped."
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