Saying the Azaan holds great benefits and reward as mentioned in the Ahadith.
1) The Prophet of Allah has said, "I went to paradise and saw domes of
pearl and its dirt is of musk." He said, "Oh Gabrial, who is this for?" He
replied, "This if for your ummah's Muazzin (one who says the Azaan) and
Imams." [Rawahu Abu Ya'la Fee Musnad]
2) The one who says Azaan for Sawaab is like that martyred who is drenched in
blood and when he will die insects will not come on in his body. [Rawahut
Tabrani]
3) If people knew how much reward there was in Azaan then swords would be used
amongst them [to say it]. (Rawahu Ahmad)
4) The duaa between Azaan and Iqamah is not rejected. [Abu Daood & Tirmizi]
How to say Azaan in arabic
5) Stand outside the mosque in a high place facing the qibla with your
fingers in the hole of the ears or with hands on your ears, reciting the
following words:
.
6) In the Azaan of Fajr, after
add
7) During azaan and iqama, turn your face to the right on
and and on
to your left.
8) Read the folloing duaa after Azaan with durood (Salah) in the beginning and
in the end:
Iqamah (Takbeer):
9) Iqamah is similar to azaan with a little difference. After
say
During Iqama do not put your fingers in your ears and do not not put your
hands on your ears, say the iqama with a lower voice compared to the azaan but
not so low that the people there can not hear, say the words of Iqamah without
pauses like in Azaan.
To stand at the beginning of Iqama is Makrooh
10) During iqama all people present, Imam and Muqtadee, should be sitting.
When the Mukabbir (one who says the Iqama) reaches everybody should stand up
while standing up before this is against the Sunnah. Imam Mohammed (D. 189
Hijri), student of Imam-e-Azam Abu Hanifa (Radi-Allahu anhu) & teacher of the
teacher of Imam Bukhari writes in his famous book of hadith, Muta Shareef,
"When the Muazzin says it is mustahab for the people to stand for salaah, get
into saf, straighten the saf, and be shoulder to shoulder. This is the fatwa
(verdict) of (Imam-e-Azam) Abu Hanifa Rahmatu-llahi alaih." [Muatta Sharif P.
68]
11) Some people would stand before during iqama. Prophet of Allah said, "Do
not stand up until you see me. " (Bukhari)
12) It is Makrooh to stand and wait at the time of iqama instead one should
sit-down and stand when the muazzin says [Raddul Muhtar V. 2 P. 71 & Fatawa
Alamgiri V. 1 P.57]
The Answer to Azaan and Iqama
13) When azaan is being said one should listen very attentively, answering
the azaan. At that time, one is not allowed to talk, to say salaam, or to
answer to a salaam. Even if some one is reading the Holy Quran they too are
ordered to stop and answer the azaan.
In the Ahadith the following benefits have been mentioned
In exchange of every Kalima, Allah writes 100,000 goodnesses [in your record
of deeds], upgrades you by 1,000 grades and removes 1,000 of your sins. [Ibn-e-Asakar]
14) In Tabrani it is stated for exchange of every kalima one will be upgraded
by one million grades.
15) It is enough for a misfortune and misery of a mumin that when he hears the
muazzin say the takbeer and does not answer it.
16) When the muazzin says azan, whoever says the same [words], when he says or
they answer , they will enter paradise [Muslim]
17) In reply to , one should say and to answer one should say
In Azaan, it is Mustahab to kiss the thumbs and the index finger upon the name
of the Prophet
19) When the Muazzin says , read this durood , kiss the thumbs and put them
over the eyes then say for whoever says this The Holy Prophet will be his
leader in Jannah. (Raddul-Muhtar written by Khatim-ul-Muqiqeen Allama Ibn
Abideen Shami Rahmatullahi alaih, V.2 P.68)
20) The Holy Prophet, "Whoever kissed the nails of both his thumbs upon
hearing I am his leader and I will get him into the saf of Jannah.
21) Imam Dailmi quotes this hadith of Sayedunna Abu Bakr Siddiq (Radi allahu
anhu), "When Sayeduna Abu Bakr Siddique (Radhiallahu Taala Anhu) heard the
muazzin say he read
and kissed the segmented part of the fingers of shahadah from the inside and
placed them on his eyes. Upon this the Beloved Prophet of Allah said,"Whoever
does like my friend has done, for him my intercession (Shafa'ah) well become
halal. (Al-Maqasidul Hasanah by Imam Allama Shamsudeen Sakhawi Rahmatullahi
alaih, Hadith 1021 Published in Labnan P. 384 and Fatawa Razaviya [Translated]
V.5 P.432)