How is the iqama (the second call to prayer, given immediately before the prayer begins) recited?
How is the iqama (the second call to prayer, given immediately before the prayer begins) recited?
Dear Brother / Sister,
The words of iqama according to the Sunnah are as follows:
"Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. Ashhadu an la ilaha illa’llah, Ashhadu an la ilaha illa’llah. Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasululu’llah, Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasululu’llah. Hayya ‘ala’s-salah, Hayya ‘ala’s-salah. Hayya ‘ala’l-falah, Hayya ‘ala’l-falah. Qad qamati’s-salah, Qad qamati’s-salah. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. La ilaha illa’llah."
The English meaning of Iqama is as follows:
"Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest.
I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah, I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger, I bear witness that Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger. Come to prayer, Come prayer. Come to salvation, Come to salvation. The prayer has started, the prayer has started. Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest. I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah."
Questions on Islam
- Is it permissible for a person or a congregation that will perform a prayer in a mosque where adhan and iqamah are called afterwards for the same prayer? Is it necessary for five daily prayers to be performed in this mosque?
- Can you give information about the five daily prayers?
- prayers
- SALAT (PRAYER)-I
- Will you give information about listening to the adhan, repeating the words of the adhan and showing respect to the adhan?
- SALAT (PRAYER)-II
- When should the congregation stand for the prayer? (Before the Iqama (call to prayer) or after it)
- What is adhan?
- athan
- What are Tashriq Takbirs? When are they Uttered?

