Why are Muslims allowed to use loudspeakers?

Loudspeakers are sometimes also used inside mosques to deliver sermons or for prayer. Though some mosque attendees were sceptical of this new electric system, most believed it was necessary to empower the muezzin’s voice to transcend a modern city’s noises.

Should loudspeakers be banned at religious places of worship?

The loudspeakers do create disturbance. They create noise pollution that can be avoided. They disturb the sick and elderlies. But it should be done for all the religious places if it needs to be done.

Why is Azan given?

The purpose of the Azan is to invite Muslims for obligatory (farz) prayers, the salat (or what is also called namaz in north India). They suggest that the Azan had a divine presence as Allah commanded the Prophet to tell his companions the words, sequence and mode of delivery of the Azan.

Are loudspeakers allowed in India?

Permissible noise level in residential areas is 55 decibel during day time and 45 decibel during night. Similarly, in commercial areas, the permissible sound limit is 65 decibel during day time and 55 decibel during night.

Is azan allowed in London?

The East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre in the district of Whitechapel was the first in the UK to broadcast the adhan publicly when it opened in 1985. It can be heard in public from the mosque for any prayers that fall between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. all year round.

Can we use loudspeakers for Azaan?

The Bench, however, kept it open for petitioner to approach the district administration for permission to use loudspeaker for azaan. It added that one can’t use loudspeakers for azaan or for any other purpose without prior permission of district administration.

How should the Azaan be rendered?

But the story of how the azaan should be rendered has a complicated history — from the Prophet himself choosing a human voice instead of a mechanical device, to the Muslim community seeing loudspeakers as shaitan in the 1970s. Azaan is the Muslim call to prayer, made five times a day from a mosque, for believers to join the congregational prayer.

Is it permissible to blare the call to prayer from a loud speaker?

Neither the Koran nor the hadith, says anything about blaring the call to prayer from a loud speaker. Please note, that in the olden days, during the time of the prophet, people did not have watches, and the azan was made to inform people to come in from the fields or homes, because it was prayer-time.

Is Azaan intended for non-Muslims?

Azaan is intended for Muslims. That it falls on non-Muslim ears is an inadvertence. Its efficacy could be verified by the response it evokes to bring the believers to the mosque. A random peek in any mosque during the prayer time would show that not many Muslims respond to the call.