adhān

adhān, the Muslim call to Friday public worship (jumʿah) and to the five daily prayers (ṣalāt). It is proclaimed by the muezzin, a servant of the mosque chosen for good character and quality of voice, as he stands by the door or side of a small mosque or in the minaret of a large one. In modern times some mosques broadcast the muezzin’s recitation of the adhān far and wide using loudspeakers. Islamic religious scholars generally consider that it must be recited live for each prayer time, thus precluding a prerecorded adhān.