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I'm a new Muslim and my family is living in a non-Muslim area. My question is: Do we need to call the Adhan? What do the Qur'an or Hadith say about this?
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Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.
Adhan and Iqama are two Sunnah acts. The Muslim is asked to adhere to them and to call them in a loud voice. al-Bukhari reported from Abu Said al-Khudri that he said to Abdur Rahman Ibn Abi S'as'ah "I see that you love the sheep and the desert. If you are with your sheep or in the desert, then raise your voice while making the call to prayer, for any jinn, human or thing within hearing distance of your voice will be a witness for you on the Day of Resurrection...I heard the Messenger of Allah say that" .
But if one cannot raise his voice with Adhan because of fear or for other reasons, he calls Adhan in a way that makes him hear it.
We ask Allah to guide you to the right path.
Allah knows best.
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