The kettledrum after the adhan

Question

Is it permissible or not to beat the kettledrum before or after the adhan in order to alert and awaken the heedless and the negligent and to inform Muslims living far from the mosque? It is the custom in most towns of the Madras region. Explain and be rewarded.

Answer

Announcing again after the adhan is called tathwib; the later scholars (muta’akhkhirun) gave the fatwa that it is permissible without restriction. In al-Maraqi (vol. 1, p. 144): [ar]ويثوب بعد الأذان في جميع الأوقات؛ لظهور التواني في الأمور الدينية في الأصح، وتثويب كل بلد بحسب ما تعارفه أهلها[/ar] “Tathwib is done after the adhan at all [prayer] times, because of the evident…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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