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Duas for adhan & iqamah.
Answering the call to prayer

The Prophet ﷺ taught Muslims how to answer the muezzin, what to say after the adhan, and to make dua before the iqamah. These entries put the sequence in order.

Dua 1 · Adhan

Repeating after the muezzin

إِذَا سَمِعْتُمُ النِّدَاءَ فَقُولُوا مِثْلَ مَا يَقُولُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ

Idha sami'tumu-n-nida'a, faqulu mithla ma yaqulu-l-mu'adhdhin.

When you hear the call to prayer, say what the muezzin says.

Sahih al-Bukhari 611, Sahih Muslim 383

Echo each phrase of the adhan after the muezzin, phrase by phrase. The two hayya phrases are the one exception, they have their own response.

Dua 2 · Adhan

Answering hayya 'ala-s-salah and hayya 'ala-l-falah

لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.

There is no power and no strength except with Allah (SWT).

Sahih Muslim 385

When the muezzin calls 'come to prayer' and 'come to success', respond with these words instead of repeating the call.

Dua 3 · Adhan

After the muezzin's shahada

وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولًا، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا

Wa ana ashhadu an la ilaha illallahu wahdahu la shareeka lah, wa anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluh. Radeetu billahi rabban, wa bi-Muhammadin rasulan, wa bil-islami deena.

And I too bear witness that there is no god but Allah (SWT) alone, with no partner, and that Muhammad ﷺ is His servant and His Messenger. I am pleased with Allah (SWT) as Lord, with Muhammad ﷺ as Messenger, and with Islam as religion.

Sahih Muslim 386

Said when the muezzin pronounces the shahada. The Prophet ﷺ promised that whoever says this from his heart, his sins are forgiven.

Dua 4 · Adhan

Salawat on the Prophet ﷺ after the adhan

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad.

O Allah (SWT), send Your blessings upon Muhammad ﷺ.

Sahih Muslim 384

After answering the muezzin, send salawat on the Prophet ﷺ. Whoever sends one salawat upon him, Allah (SWT) sends ten upon him in return.

Dua 5 · Adhan

Du'a after the adhan

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ، وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ، آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ

Allahumma rabba hadhihi-d-da'wati-t-tammah, wa-s-salati-l-qa'imah, ati Muhammadani-l-waseelata wa-l-fadeelah, wab'ath-hu maqaman mahmudani-lladhi wa'adtah.

O Allah (SWT), Lord of this perfect call and of the prayer about to be established, grant Muhammad ﷺ al-Waseelah and the highest honour, and raise him to the praised station You have promised him.

Sahih al-Bukhari 614

The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever says this after hearing the adhan, his intercession becomes due for him on the Day of Resurrection.

Dua 6 · Adhan

Between the adhan and the iqamah

الدُّعَاءُ لَا يُرَدُّ بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ

Ad-du'a'u la yuraddu bayna-l-adhani wa-l-iqamah.

The supplication made between the adhan and the iqamah is not rejected.

Sunan Abi Dawud 521, Jami at-Tirmidhi 212 (sahih)

Not a fixed wording but an open door. In the quiet minutes before the iqamah, ask Allah (SWT) for whatever you need, in any words.