Question(s):
If someone is reciting Qur’ān and he hears the Adhān, should he continue reciting or stop to respond to the Adhān?
Answer(s):
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
If the Adhān has started & one is reciting Qur’ān, it is preferable to pause one’s recitation and respond to the Adhān, since one can continue recitation after the Adhān. [1][2]
Nonetheless, if one continues to recite, then this is also allowed.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best.
(Mufti) Mubasshir Talha – May Allah pardon him
Approved by:
Mufti Yusuf Ilolvi | Mufti Tahir Wadee
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Reference(s):
وإذا سمع المسنون منه أي الأذان، أمسك حتى عن التلاوة ليجيب المؤذن وهو الأفضل
[Maraqi al-Falāh ma’a Hashiyah al-Tahtāwi, 1/202, DKI]
والتفريغ يندب الإمساك عن التلاوة…قوله: وهو الأفضل هذا مبني على ندب الإجابة باللسان
[Hashiyah al-Tahtāwi ala Maraqi al-Falāh, 1/202, DKI]
ولا ينبغي أن يتكلم السامع في حال الأذان والإقامة، ولا يشتغل بقراءة القران، ولا بشيء من الأعمال سوى الإجابة، ولو كان في القراءة ينبغي أن يقطع ويشتغل بالاستماع والإجابة
[Al-Badā’i Al-Sana’i, 1/660, DKI]
[Fatāwa al-Hindiyyah, 1/114, Maktabah Faysal Deoband]
ويجيب وجوبا، وقال الحلواني ندبا، والواجب الإجابة بالقدم، من سمع الأذان ولو جنبا لا حائضا ونفساء وسامع خطبة وفي صلاة جنازة، وجماع، ومستراح وأكل وتعليم علم وتعلمه، بخلاف قران
[Al-Durr al-Mukhtār ma’a Radd al-Muhtār, 1/396, HM Saeed]
مکان میں ہو تو تلاوت موقوف کرکے جواب دینا چاہۓ
[Fatāwa Rahīmiyyah, 4/98, Dār al-Isha’at]
[2]
قوله: (بخلاف قران) لأنه لا يفوت، ولعله لأن تكرار القراءة إنما هو للأجر فلا يفوت بالإجابة، بخلاف التعلم، فعلى هذا لو يقرأ تعليما أو تعلما لا يقطع
[Radd al-Muhtār, 1/396, HM Saeed]
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