My Faith ISLAM (Grade 1-5) by Mawlana Feizel Chothia - page 437

Adhan
means to call or to inform.
Adhan
is the Islamic way of calling
people to
salah
.
The
Adhan
is also a way of praising
Allah and inviting people to Islam.
The person who calls out the
Adhan
is called a
Mu’adhdhin.
There is a great reward promised to
those who call out the
Adhan.
The
Mu’adh dhin
calls people to
offer
salah
in
Jama‘ah
, in congrega-
tion, together in the
masjid
.
A
Mu’adhdhin
should should have a
loud, clear and melodious voice.
The first
Mu’adh dhin
was Bilal bin
Rabah [r].
Bilal [r] was an African slave who
was freed by Abu Bakr [r], the clos-
est Companion of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad [s].
Bilal [r] was one of the very first
people to accept Islam and one of
my faith
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L E S S O N 2
Adhan
C A L L T O
P R A Y E R
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Read and explain the following.
CT
Vocabulary
Adhan
inform
praising
inviting
Mu’adhdhin
congregation
Jama‘ah
melodious
masajid
minaret
organisations
publish
punctually
invite
attentively
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