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سُنَّ الْأَذَانُ وَالْإِقَامَةُ سُنَّةً مُؤَكَّدَةً لِلْفَرَائِضِ وَلَوْ مُنْفَرِدًا أَدَاءً أَوْ قَضَاءً سَفَرًا أَوْ حَضَرًا لِلرِّجَالِ

The matn treats Adhan and Iqamah as Sunnah Mu'akkadah for men for the Fard prayers, whether alone or in congregation, on time or as Qada, traveling or resident. Friday prayer is included among the Fard prayers.

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Adhan and Iqamah: Legal Status and Where They Are Prescribed

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Lesson

1. Sunnah Mu'akkadah for Men in Fard Prayers

سُنَّ الْأَذَانُ وَالْإِقَامَةُ سُنَّةً مُؤَكَّدَةً لِلْفَرَائِضِ وَلَوْ مُنْفَرِدًا أَدَاءً أَوْ قَضَاءً سَفَرًا أَوْ حَضَرًا لِلرِّجَالِ

The matn treats Adhan and Iqamah as Sunnah Mu'akkadah for men for the Fard prayers, whether alone or in congregation, on time or as Qada, traveling or resident. Friday prayer is included among the Fard prayers.

2. Women and Prayers without Adhan

وَكُرِهَا لِلنِّسَاءِ

The classical text regards Adhan and Iqamah for women as disliked. Adhan/Iqamah are not prescribed for Eid, Janazah, Witr, Tarawih, eclipse prayer or Istisqa. Saying 'not prescribed' is more precise than treating every such call as an independently forbidden act.

3. Missed Prayers: One or Several

وَيُؤَذَّنُ لِلْفَائِتَةِ وَيُقَامُ، وَكَذَا لِأُولَى الْفَوَائِتِ ... وَكُرِهَ تَرْكُ الْإِقَامَةِ دُونَ الْأَذَانِ فِي الْبَوَاقِي إِنِ اتَّحَدَ مَجْلِسُ الْقَضَاءِ

For one missed Fard prayer, Adhan and Iqamah are prescribed. If several missed prayers are made up in one sitting, both are used for the first; for later prayers, omitting repeated Adhan is allowed while leaving Iqamah is disliked under the rule stated here.

4. Adhan before the Prayer Time

وَلَا يُجْزِئُ أَذَانٌ قَبْلَ الْوَقْتِ بَلْ يُعَادُ فِي الْوَقْتِ

An Adhan called before the prayer time has entered does not count for that prayer under this rule and is repeated after the time enters.

5. Travel Does Not Remove the Sunnah

The wording itself includes سَفَرًا أَوْ حَضَرًا and وَلَوْ مُنْفَرِدًا. Therefore a lone male traveler performing a Fard prayer remains within the Sunnah Mu'akkadah rule; the course should not downgrade it to a merely optional category contrary to the source.

Practice questions

Question 1

What is the legal status of performing the Adhan and Iqamah for the five obligatory daily prayers?

  • Fard 'Ayn
  • Sunnah Mu'akkadah for men.
  • Mandub (recommended) for women.
  • Wajib (necessary) for all.

Question 2

Several missed Fard prayers are being made up in one sitting. What does the text teach for the later prayers after the first?

  • Both Adhan and Iqamah must always be omitted.
  • The repeated Adhan may be omitted, but leaving the Iqamah is disliked.
  • Neither Adhan nor Iqamah is ever used for Qada.
  • Only the Adhan is required; Iqamah is forbidden.

Question 3

If the Adhan for Fajr is called 10 minutes before the rising of Fajr Sadiq, it is valid and does not need to be repeated.

  • True
  • False

Question 4

What is the ruling taught here for a male traveler praying a Fard prayer alone?

  • They are not prescribed in travel.
  • They remain within the Sunnah Mu'akkadah rule for Fard prayer, even when alone.
  • They become Fard 'Ayn.
  • Only Iqamah is forbidden.

Question 5

For which of the following prayers is the Adhan NOT legally legislated?

  • Missed Zuhr prayer from yesterday.
  • The obligatory Friday prayer (Jumu'ah).
  • Eid prayers and solar eclipse (Kusuf) prayers.
  • Obligatory Isha prayer performed on time.

Question 6

If a person is making up a missed obligatory prayer (Qada') alone at home, they are still recommended to call the Adhan and Iqamah.

  • True
  • False

Question 7

Match the prayer scenarios with their correct Adhan and Iqamah rulings:

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