minds. Some times, they recite the Iq?mah while walking. Abdull?h, the son of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, asked his father regarding this; his father answered: ‘He would better stand in his proper place’ (1) ... ‘for the Iq?mah is originally recited to announce that Sal?t is about to begin and reciting it in the proper place would have deep affect on the people’. (2)

As for those who hear the Iq?mah:

[5/ 32] Some of them say: “Aq?maha ll?hu Wa ‘Ad?mah?” when the Mu’aththin says: “Qad Q?mat As-Sal?t”. The former statement is not affirmed to be said by the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -). On the contrary; he ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) said: ‘When you hear the Mu’aththin repeat after him ... ’. Accordingly, when the statement “Qad Q?mat As-Sal?t” is pronounced, people should repeat the same.

The afore mentioned mistake was born out from a weak had?th- as stated by An-Nawaw? and Ibn Hajar. The later said: ‘Ab? D?w?d narrated through a chain of narrators traced back to Ab? ’Um?mah that: Bil?l once recited the Iq?mah. Upon reaching “Qad Q?mat As-Sal?t”, the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) said: ‘Aq?mahallahu Wa ’Ad?mah?”. This had?th is weak and the statement is totally baseless; (3) and so, it does not specify the authentic general had?th mentioned earlier.

It is worthmentioning here that some people abandon reciting the Ath?n and Iq?mah when doing Sal?t alone or recite the Iq?mah more than once such actions are mistakes.

[33] Mal-aligned and disconnected rows:

J?bir Ibn Samurah related that the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) said: ‘Why don’t you stand in the same manner angels do before their Rabb?’ We then asked : ‘How do angels stand before their Rabb?’