Starting the adhaan by reciting Aayah 56 of Soorah al-Ahzaab
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Question: Is it confirmed from the life of the Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) that he started the adhaan by reciting (Aayah 56 of Soorah al-Ahzaab):

{Allaah sends His Prayers on the Prophet and also His angels too. O you who believe! Send your Prayers on him, and greet him with the Islaamic way of greeting}.

Response: This has not been confirmed in his (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) life nor the era of any of the Khulafaa. ar-Raashideen (radhi-yallaahu 'anhum). Rather, it is an innovation and it is confirmed on his (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) authority that he said:

((Whoever introduces anything into this matter of ours (i.e. Islaam) that which is not from it, will have it rejected)), [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree/2697 and Saheeh Muslim/1718].

And with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.

The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa
Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah - Question No.1 of Fatwa No. 7926;
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