A Primer of Religious Knowledge — Page 19
Adhān At all five times of S al a t, Adh a n [the Call to Prayer] is raised from the mosque. The person raising the Adh a n is called a mu’adhdhin. The mu’adhdhin should face towards the Qiblah and put his index fingers in the ears and call out with a loud voice. ُ َہّٰللُّٰ أَكْبَر َہّٰللُّٰ أَكْبَرُ، ا َہّٰللُّٰ أَكْبَرُ، ا َہّٰللُّٰ أَكْبَرُ، ا ا All a hu Akbar. All a hu Akbar. All a hu Akbar. All a hu Akbar. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. 1 ِاَّلَّ اہّٰللُّٰ، ْ اَّلَّۤ إِلَه َ إ ِاَّلَّ اہّٰللُّٰ، أَشْھَد ُ أَن ْ اَّلَّۤ اِلٰہ َ إ أَشْھَد ُ أَن Ashhadu all a il a ha illAll a h Ashhadu all a il a ha illAll a h. I bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah. I bear witness that there is no one wor- thy of worship except Allah. 1. It is also proven from authentic a h ad i th ( See Sunan Ibn M a j a h, Kit a b-ul-Adh a n, was-Sunnah f i h i B a b al-Tarj i ‘, f i al-Adh a n, Hadith 709) that both the Shah a dahs may be repeated after reciting once.