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What is the response to the muezzin when he says "الصلاة خير من النوم" and "صلوا في بيوتكم/ في رحالكم"?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Oct 24, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Some scholars have deemed it good to respond to the muezzin when he says, "Prayer is better than sleep," by saying, "You have spoken the truth and acted righteously," or by repeating, "Prayer is better than sleep," based on the generality of the : "When you hear the call, say as the muezzin says." However, the Malikis held the view of not responding or changing the response because there is no to support it. As for the muezzin's saying, "Pray in your dwellings," there is no reported response for it, as it is not part of the .

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