Iqama

The iqama (Template:Langx) is the second Islamic call to prayer, recited after the adhan. It summons those already in the mosque to line up for prayer (salah).

It is traditionally given a more rapid and less sonorous rendering than the adhan, as it is intended merely to draw the attention of those already in the mosque, rather than to remind those outside to come in. Most phrases of the iqama and adhan are the same, though there are variations among the schools (madhahib) of jurisprudence (fiqh) in the preferred number of repetitions of the phrases.

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Details of what is recited and how many times

Recital						Arabic Quranic Arabic	Romanization	Translation
Sunni				Ibadi	Shia
Hanafi	Maliki	Shafi'i	Hanbali		Imami
4x	2x			4x	2x	ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ	allāhu akbaru	God is greatest
2x	1x			2x		أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ	ashhadu an lā ilāha illa llāhu	I testify there is nothing worthy of worship except God
2x	1x			2x		أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ	ashhadu anna muḥammadan rasūlu llāhi	I testify Muhammad is the messenger of God
None					2x (recommended)Template:Efn	أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا وَلِيُّ ٱللَّٰهِ	ashhadu anna ʿaliyyan waliyyu llāhi	I testify Ali is the vicegerent of God
2x	1x			2x		حَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلصَّلَاةِ حَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ	ḥayya ʿala ṣ-ṣalāhti	Come to prayer
2x	1x			2x		حَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلْفَلَاحِ حَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلْفَلَٰحِ	ḥayya ʿala l-falāḥi	Come to success
None				2x		حَيَّ عَلَىٰ خَيْرِ ٱلْعَمَلِ	ḥayya ʿalā khayri l-ʿamali	Come to the best of deeds
2x	1x	2x				قَدْ قَامَتِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ قَدْ قَامَتِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةُ	qad qāmati ṣ-ṣalāhtu	The prayer has been established
2x						ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ	allāhu akbaru	God is greater
1x						لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ	lā ilāha illa llāhu	There is nothing worthy of worship except God

The one unique line in the iqama, but not adhan, is qad qāmati ṣ-ṣalāh^tu, the announcement "the prayer has been established", i.e., is about to commence. It is stated just before the opening allāhu akbar^u, the formal start of prayer.

The Hanafi and Shia schools both use the same number of repetitions in both the adhan and iqama, contrary to all the other schools.

Unlike the other schools, the Maliki school recommends qad qāmati ṣ-ṣalāh^tu to be said only once. This is based on the practice of the people of Medina during Malik ibn Anas's time.

Other uses of the term iqama

Iqāma is the maṣdar form of the fourth (causative) stem (stem 'af`ala) from the triliteral root Q-W-M, which relates to setting things up, carrying things out, existence, and assorted other meanings. The word iqāma itself is multivalent, but its most common meaning outside the inauguration of prayer is in the context of immigration law, referring to a long-term visa for a foreign national. In some cases, as in Egypt, it is a stamp on the foreigner's passport; in others (as in Morocco and Saudi Arabia) it is a separate identity document in the form of a plastic card.

See also

• Adhan
• Shahada
• Tashahhud
• Salawat
• Islamic honorifics
• Dhikr
• Tawhid
• Barechu - the Jewish call to prayer
• Church bells

External links

• Iqamah being recited before prayer in Mecca
• Call for prayers according to the five school of thought: A Shi'ite Encyclopedia

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