What to say upon hearing the Athan/Azan (call to prayer)
22. Repeat what the Mu'aththin says, except for when he says:
"حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ وَحَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ"
Hayya 'alas-Salaah (hasten to the prayer) and Hayya 'alal-Falaah (hasten to salvation). Here you should say:
"لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ"
Laa hawla wa laa quwwata 'illaa billaah.
There is no might and no power except by Allah.
Reference: Al-Bukhari 1/152, Muslim 1/288.
23.
Wa 'anaa 'ash-hadu 'an laa 'ilaaha 'illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka
lahu wa 'anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa Rasooluhu, radheetu billaahi Rabban,
wa bi-Muhammadin Rasoolan wa bil'islaami deenan.
I bear witness that none
has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner, and
that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. I am pleased with Allah
as my Lord, with Muhammad as my Messenger and with Islam as my religion.1 [To be recited in Arabic after the Mu'aththin�s Tashahhud or the words of affirmation of Faith] 2
Reference:
1 Muslim 1/290.
2Ibn Khuzaymah 1/220.
اللّهُـمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدّعْـوَةِ التّـامَّة
وَالصّلاةِ القَـائِمَة آتِ محَـمَّداً الوَسيـلةَ وَالْفَضـيلَة
وَابْعَـثْه مَقـامـاً مَحـموداً الَّذي وَعَـدْتَه إِنَّـكَ لا تُـخْلِفُ
الميـعاد.
24,25. Allaahumma Rabba haathihid-da 'watit-taammati wassalaatil-qaa'imati, 'aati Muhammadanil-waseelata walfadheelata, wab 'ath-hu maqaamam-mahmoodanil-lathee wa'adtahu, ['innaka laa tukhliful-mee'aad]
After replying to the call of Mu'aththin. you should recite in Arabic Allah's blessings on the Prophet.
O Allah , Lord of this
perfect call and established prayer. Grant Muhammad the intercession and
favor, and raise him to the honored station You have promised him,
[verily You do not neglect promises].
Reference:
Al-Bukhari 1/152, and the addition between brackets is from
Al-Bayhaqi 1/410 with a good (Hasan) chain of narration. See 'Abdul-Azlz
bin Baz's Tuhfatul-'Akhyar, pg. 38.
Between the call to
prayer and the 'Iqamah, you should supplicate Allah for yourself.
Invocation during this time is not rejected.
