What turns the obligation of repeating after the Mu'adhdhin from obligatory to recommended?
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Responding to the muezzin is a according to the majority of scholars, while the Hanafis, the Dawahiris, and Ibn Wahb from the Malikis consider it obligatory. The majority's proof that it is a Sunnah is based on the action of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who once heard a muezzin and did not repeat what he said.
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