When Should the First and Second Adhan Be Called on Friday?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Our Friday prayer is at 1:15 pm. Zawal is at 11:50 am, Dhuhr at 12:35 pm. Is it permissible to give a first adhan at 12:20 pm, deliver a local-language sermon before Dhuhr, then give the second adhan at 1:15 pm, followed by the Arabic khutbas and Jumu‘a prayer?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I trust you are well and in good health. Thank you for seeking an Islamic answer on the importance of the Friday call to prayer.
Yes, it would be permissible to give the first adhan at 12:20 pm, deliver a local-language sermon before Dhuhr, then give the second adhan at 1:15 pm, followed by the Arabic khutbas and the Jumu‘a prayer.
Prayers are At Their Appointed Times
Allah (Most High) says, “Indeed, performing prayers is a duty on the believers at the appointed times.” [Quran, 4:103]
It is sunna for the call to prayer to be made in front of the Imam, and thereafter the Imam stands to deliver the sermon. [‘Ala’uddin Ibn ’Abidin, al-Hadiyya al-‘Ala’iyya]
The above is the second call to prayer; the first one is made from the minaret (or outside the mosque). The second call to prayer was introduced during the reign of Uthman (Allah be pleased with him) as the population grew. [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
“And its (adhan) cause is the onset of the prescribed time, which is a condition for it…” [Tahtawi, Hashiyat al-Tahtawi ‘ala Maraqi al-Falah]
Thus, the governing principle is that the call to prayer (adhan) has to be called after the entry of the prayer time
And Allah knows best.
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received a traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Currently, he resides in the UK with his wife and is interested in reading and gardening.
