Jerusalem Old City - Minaret

The Muezzin call from Minaret.

The muezzin (in Arabic: مؤذن mu'adhdhin) is a chosen person at the mosque who leads the call (adhan) to Friday service and the five daily prayers (also known as the salat) from one of the mosque's minarets (in most modern mosques, electronic amplification aids the muezzins).

The professional muezzin is chosen to serve at the mosque for his good character, voice and skills. When calling to prayer, the muezzin faces the Qiblah (direction of the Ka'bah in Mecca) while he cries out the adhan. During the prayer, the muezzin in some mosques stand on a special platform (called the müezzin mahfili in Turkish), opposite the minbar in the mosque and answer the Imam's sermons.

The institution of muezzin has existed since the time of Muhammad. The first muezzin was Bilal ibn Ribah, who walked the streets to call the believers to come to prayer. Although large parts of the custom was undecided by the death of Muhammad: Which way one should choose for the calling, where it should be performed, etc., trumpets, flags and lamps were all elements during the adhan in the place of the muezzin. The first muezzins used the roof of the mosque, or the adjacent streets, to call the followers. It is believed that the institution of the muezzin — the public crier — existed in pre-Islamic Arab culture.

The acts of the muezzin are also considered an art form, reflected in the melodious chanting of the adhan.

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[jinkasima]

so when the call to prayer is announced. does everyone make their way to the mosque to pray, or will everyone stop wherever they are and bow and pray?

[Sheti]

No, not evereyone, only a few integralist...

[jinkasima]

So what is the proper thing to do when the call of prayer is recited?

[Sheti]

maybe a Muslim can answer...??

[linzki]

@lkmw32 does muslims have so bad memory that they forget prayertime, so they have to terrorise ppl with this most awful noise?

[Nefus1988]

@LarisaTheAwesome If you haven´t lived under a stone the last decade, Malmö is filled with Iraqis and other sand people.

[LarisaTheAwesome]

@Nefus1988 Is there even a minaret in Malmö? And no, this is Jerusalem.

[lkmw32]

@Sheti Yes the proper thing to do is to go to a mosque and pray. That's the purpose of the call to prayer (Azaan)...it lets people know when it is time to pray.

[Nefus1988]

Is this Malmö in Sweden?

[ArminTheGman]

@Sheti

I have been told then when ever you hear a prayer, you stop what ever you are doing and stand up and say these words: "We'esedu enemu veresuljula" I can't really write them down or anything on this font I really don't know how. But that's what my dad has told me to do.

[FataOrlovic]

@jinkasima Stop whatever you are doing, make an ablution (cleanse your self) and then perform one of the 5 short daily prayers (preferably in a mosque) and then back to whatever you were doing :)

[sasua741]

ooooo

I love Minarets... they are so beautiful especially stone ones

[IhsanZahir]

@jinkasima get ready for the prayer, lol, like make wudu if you havent already, then another azan will be announced but this time it will have the words ''qad qamatis salat qad qamatis salat'' after Heya al falah (meaning, the prayer has begun), then the prayer will begin.

[DeusMortem]

To think that such a seemingly intelligent being as man still clings to the childish game called religion. Hahahaha! Pathetic.