{"id":13252,"date":"2026-02-10T05:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=13252"},"modified":"2026-02-10T05:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:37:13","slug":"how-much-is-the-time-between-adhan-and-iqamah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=13252","title":{"rendered":"How Much Is the Time between Adhan and Iqamah?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>The Time between Adhan and Iqamah<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Question:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">How much is the time between the <em>adhan<\/em> (call of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmuslim.net\/abcs-of-islam\/pillars-of-islam\/the-forenoon-prayer-salat-al-duha\/\">prayer<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/why-we-pray\/second-call-prayer-iqamah\/\">iqamah<\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Answer:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">There should be enough time between the <em>adhan<\/em> and <em>iqamah<\/em> for people to perform <em>wudu&#8217;<\/em> (ablution), come to the mosque and offer the regular recommended Sunnah prayers before the obligatory one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Sheikh Sayyid Sabiq (may Allah have mercy on him) said, &#8220;There should be enough time between the <em>adhan<\/em> and <em>iqamah<\/em> for people to prepare for the prayer and come to the mosque, because the <em>adhan<\/em> was prescribed for that purpose. Otherwise its benefit is lost.&#8221; (Fiqh As-Sunnah)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">If the congregation of the mosque agrees that the<em> iqamah<\/em> for prayer should be given at a certain time, or that is done at the direction of a hospital due to medical cases, there is nothing wrong with that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">To know more about the time between <em>adhan<\/em> and <em>iqamah<\/em>, watch this interesting talk with Dr. Muhammad Salah.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>____________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Huda Youtube Channel.<\/em><a href='https:\/\/prayerinislam.com\/how-much-is-the-time-between-adhan-and-iqamah\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much is the time between the adhan (call of prayer) and iqamah? 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