And those who regularly go there five times a day do not actually depend on the azaan to be reminded of the prayer time. The footfall in the mosque is negligible except for the midday Friday prayer. A random peek in any mosque during the prayer time would show that not many Muslims respond to the call. Its efficacy could be verified by the response it evokes to bring the believers to the mosque. That it falls on non-Muslim ears is an inadvertence. It calls for relocationĪzaan is intended for Muslims. After all, loudspeaker is a 20th-century invention, but the religions are millennia old.Īlso read: Islam’s crisis doesn’t need Reformation. KKR Majestic, wherein it was observed that “no religion or religious sect can claim that the use of loudspeakers or similar instruments for prayers or for worship or for celebrating religious festivals is an essential part of the religion which is protected under Article 25”. This court drew upon the Supreme Court’s judgment of 2000 in the Church of God (Full Gospel) in India vs. In 2020, the Allahabad High Court said that though azaan was essential to the Islamic religious practice, the use of loudspeakers was not. Thus, from the religious point of view, there is no justification for the loudspeaker. They would also do well to reflect on whether attaching religious import to the use of such a contraption amounts to a reprehensible novelty called bid’at, - that is, an innovation which distorts the religion. Clearly, there is a lesson in it for his followers who should consider whether the mechanically amplified sound of a loudspeaker remains the human voice that the Prophet might approve of. Yet, the Prophet chose the low-decibel human voice over the high-decibel mechanical sound. The human voice, even if it were the baritone of Bilal, couldn’t be as loud and couldn’t go as far as the mechanically produced sound of a bell or a horn. But, under divine inspiration, the Prophet decided on the human voice, and chose a manumitted Black slave, Bilal, for making the call.
Some suggested ringing a bell, some blowing a horn, and some lighting a fire. As to the method of calling people to the mosque for the five periodic prayers, he deliberated the issue with his companions. Prophet Muhammad instituted this practice after he migrated to Medina, and built a mosque there. When will this forced religiousness end in India.” 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.Īzaan is the Muslim call to prayer, made five times a day from a mosque, for believers to join the congregational prayer. Earlier, in 2017, singer Sonu Nigam was in the eye of a storm for tweeting, “I am not a Muslim and I have to be woken up by the Azaan in the morning. Recently, the vice-chancellor of Allahabad University, Sangita Srivastava, complained to the district magistrate that the early morning azaan disturbed her sleep, which affected her productivity at work. So which songs fit the following criteria? Ditch your regular old alarm and keep reading to see which tunes you should be listening to in the morning.An unseemly controversy has been breaking out every now and then for the last few years regarding azaan.
According to the study, songs which emphasize beats two and four of a measure with a beat per minute of 100-130 will help put you in a good mood. Greenberg says positive lyrics help get you "out of a grumpy state and shift towards a feel-good attitude." They help you become motivated for the day ahead. Songs that start gently, even if it's for a few seconds - as opposed to songs which start too vigorously - help you wake up gradually. Greenberg to identify the ultimate "Wake Up" playlist.Īccording to Greenberg, there are three things you should look for in songs to help you wake up in the morning. The streaming site previously partnered with music psychologist David M. INSIDER reached out to Spotify to find the best songs to help you get up in the morning.
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