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**Njxatsbf** · 05-07-2011, 05:32 AM

well the muadhdhin of Haramain also sit separately. In Masjid Nabawi, they sit on top of Raudhah with some people.

Well, at least they are with other people. I saw people in Istanbul praying alone (with the jama'ah but physically alone). This can't be right...can it? It's not as if they needed to be at the back with the mic anyway. The mosques I saw this happen in were small enough for the voice to carry to everyone (all 20 of them).

My initial thoughts were that perhaps the guy praying at the back was symbolically guarding the door, and that this was an age-old tradition that had continued to the present day. But I guess this is not the case, based on the explanations in this thread.

05-07-2011, 05:32 AM	#36
Njxatsbf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 507 Senior Member	well the muadhdhin of Haramain also sit separately. In Masjid Nabawi, they sit on top of Raudhah with some people. Well, at least they are with other people. I saw people in Istanbul praying alone (with the jama'ah but physically alone). This can't be right...can it? It's not as if they needed to be at the back with the mic anyway. The mosques I saw this happen in were small enough for the voice to carry to everyone (all 20 of them). My initial thoughts were that perhaps the guy praying at the back was symbolically guarding the door, and that this was an age-old tradition that had continued to the present day. But I guess this is not the case, based on the explanations in this thread.
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