Exact words or your own dua?
The Sunnah of Adhan and the Principle of Transmitted Supplications
Summary
This lecture from Zadul-Ma'ad Part 78 discusses the Sunnah practices related to the Adhan (call to prayer) and proper recitation of supplications. Sheikh Ali Mashhour explains the two acceptable ways of making Adhan—with and without Tarjir (echoing)—and clarifies that both are authentic Sunnah practices, though Tarjir is less commonly practiced today. He then addresses five recommended actions when hearing the Adhan, with particular emphasis on the proper response and timing of specific phrases.
The lecture emphasizes an important principle regarding transmitted supplications: when making a dua that was narrated from the Prophet, one must recite it exactly as transmitted without additions or omissions, even if adding salah upon the Prophet seems appropriate. This principle applies to Adhan, Iqamah, Tashahhud, and other ritual supplications. The Sheikh provides practical examples of common mistakes, such as adding phrases to Witr supplications during Ramadan or altering the wording of Tashahhud, and clarifies that additions are only permissible when one is formulating personal supplications rather than repeating transmitted ones.
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Made it a sunnah that the be made with and without tarjir. The that we usually hear in most of our lives is without what is called or echoing the what's meant by echoing here is that this is something that the prophet taught about and Abu Mahadura is one of his four more evidence that he had in Mecca. He had two in Mecca and two in Medina. One of the in Mecca. Abu Mahadura, he taught him a Tarjir to make an.
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Then and then he would continue with the as normal starting with so in account, it's as if he is echoed twice, right? known and it's not something that is done very often though I have heard of some Northern African countries that still practice this. Either way is the son of the prophet likewise another sunnah in the way that he made was that the would be made exactly as the is made. The exact same way with the addition of as we know. Also, basically half of that. So, saying every statement once as we usually hear such as in this masjid. However, the phrase it is always said twice in the Akama. There's no version of the with it being said only once. It is always said twice. Likewise, the prophet What is authentic of his sunnah? Is that the is always said at least twice in the it's never been authentically narrated that the at the beginning was only once. Likewise, the prophet taught his and encouraged his and his followers to do five things when hearing the Adan. So, the is making the there are five things that we have been encouraged to do. during and after the event. Call out.
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Allah.
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Saying both of them. Rather, it is, it is just that to say.
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And we say instead okay. The second thing that he mentions is that a person says right? And he informed us that whoever Now, when do we say this? We say this after the before the first so when the says, and then goes on to say between these two, we say this narration is in Muslim. So, when the says,.
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Time or occasion but it's something that's been narrated to us from the prophet and his name comes up in it, right? Should we add the statements? to it? The answer is no. We don't add this statement, right? and this is very often because we only say when it comes to and when it comes to dua that have been transmitted to us from the prophet. We only say exactly what he said. Exactly what he taught us. Because the companions were taught with extreme precision by the prophet exactly what to say when it comes to dua and when it comes to so if a person is making a dua and it's a dua that is from the prophet he doesn't add anything to it. And he doesn't take any part of it away. Right? And this happens often. We we hear this often. It's a common mistake. So for instance in right In we often hear a lot of imams in Ramadan for instance when they're making this dua. They add little things into it. Nothing should be added to it. It should be exactly as it was narrated, right? A lot of times we hear is not part of the dua. It shouldn't be it. Right?
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Transmitted to us. If a person is making, formulating his own dua, his own expression, that's fine. But if we're, if we are making a dua that was narrated to us, we keep it exactly how it is. We don't add anything into it. Even if it is, a salah upon the prophet we don't add that, right? And and We have the way that the prophet would start and.
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As they were transmitted to us. We don't add anything to them and this is common. I mean, if the is making a then, did you ever hear.
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Of the, right? Likewise in Teshehud, a she Allah, Muhammad, and Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam, our.
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Transmitted. We don't add anything even a salah upon the prophet A fairlith one.
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Do it in salah, right?
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This is one way of.
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To make a salah upon the prophet what's meant is this, this wording here, what we hear in right? So, for instance, he says, whoever makes a salah upon me, ten times in the morning and ten times in the evening, then, his my intercession is binding for this person. What's meant by a salah here is Allah Muhammad.
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And so on. So, wherever we see in the in the sunnah or in the Quran for that matter, making a salah upon the prophet, we say it in that way, right? Unless it's in just speaking, in just speaking. is acceptable. Allah All of this is is correct.
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