Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Commencement of Adhan, Iqamah, and the Excellence of Reading them َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَ٠ْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ ٠ُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَ٠َّارٍ السَّابَاطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الأذَانِ هَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ٠ِنْ غَيْرِ عَارِفٍ قَالَ لاَ يَسْتَقِي٠ُ الأذَانُ وَلاَ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُؤَذِّنَ بِهِ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ ٠ٌ عَارِفٌ فَإِنْ عَلِ٠َ الأذَانَ فَأَذَّنَ بِهِ وَإِنْ لَ٠ْ يَكُنْ عَارِفاً لَ٠ْ يُجْزِ أَذَانُهُ وَلاَ إِقَا٠َتُهُ وَلاَ يُقْتَدَى بِهِ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُؤَذِّنُ وَيُقِي٠ُ لِيُصَلِّيَ وَحْدَهُ فَيَجِي‏ءُ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ نُصَلِّي جَ٠َاعَةً فَهَلْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَا بِذَلِكَ الأذَانِ وَالإِقَا٠َةِ قَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنْ يُؤَذِّنُ وَيُقِي٠13.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn al-Hassan ibn Ali from ‘Amr ibn Sa‘id from Musaddiq ibn Sadaqah from ‘Ammar al-Sabatiy who has said the following: “Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about Adhan if one who is not well versed can say Adhan. He (the Imam) said, ‘Adhan does not come right and it is not permissible to say Adhan unless one is a Muslim man and knowledgeable.

If he knows Adhan he says it, if he is not well versed it is not permissible for him to say it or ‘Iqamah.

One is not permitted to assign him to lead in Salah (prayer).’ He (the Imam) was asked about a man who says Adhan and ‘Iqamah so he can perform Salah (prayer) alone, and then another man comes and says, ‘Allow us to perform Salah (prayer) in congregation.’ Is it permissible that they perform Salah (prayer) with that Adhan and ‘Iqamah?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, but he says Adhan and ‘Iqamah.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/86))