Hisn al-Muslim · Chapter 15

What to say upon hearing the Athan (call to prayer)

5 duas

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‘One repeats just as the mu-aththin one who calls to prayer says, except when he says: Hayya ʿAlas-salah or hayya ʿAlal-falah ‘come to prayer, come to success’ instead, one should say:

لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

Lā ḥawla walā quwwata illā bi-llāh

‘There is no might nor power except with Allah.’

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Immediately following the declaration of faith called by the mu-aththin, one says:

وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبَّاً، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولاً، وَبِالْإِسْلاَمِ دِينَاً

Wa anā ashhadu an lā ilāha illā llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu waʾanna muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluhu, raḍītu bi-llāhi rabbā, wa bi-muḥammadin rasūlan, wa bi-l-ʾislāmi dīnā

‘And I too bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone, without partner, and that Muhammad is His salve and Messenger. I am pleased with Allah as a Lord, and Muhammad as a Messenger and Islam as a religion.’

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‘One should then send prayers on the Prophet sal-Allaahu'alayhe wa sallam after answering the call of the mu. adhdhin’.

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He says:

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ، وَالصَّلاَةِ الْقَائِمَةِ، آتِ مُحَمَّداً الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامَاً مَحمُوداً الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ، إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ

Allāhumma rabba hādhihi ad-daʿwati at-tāmmati, wa aṣ-ṣalāti l-qāʾimati, āti muḥammadan al-wasīlata wa-l-faḍīlata, wa ibʿathhu maqāmā maḥmūdan alladhī wa ʿadtahu, innaka lā tukhlifu l-mīʿād

‘O Allah, Owner of this perfect call and Owner of this prayer to be performed, bestow upon Muhammad al-waseelah and al-fadeelah and send him upon a praised platform which You have promised him. Verily, You never fail in Your promise.’

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One should also supplicate for himself during the time between the athan and the iqamah as supplication at such time is not rejected.

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