Muezzin

Jean-Léon Gérôme. A Muezzin Calling from the Top of a Minaret the Faithful to Prayer (1879)

A muezzin is a man who calls Muslim people to prayer through the adhan from the minaret of a mosque.

He leads the call (adhan) to Friday service and the five daily prayers (also known as the salat) from one of the mosque's minarets. Blind people often got the position; this is so that they could not see the places where women gathered. Today, many mosques have electronic amplification, and the muezzin no longer needs to be on the minaret.

In the city of Abu Dhabi, the call to prayer is coordinated, all mosques transmit the call of the muezzin of Sheikh Zayed Mosque. The idea for a similar system in Cairo failed in 2004.^[1]

Muezzin Media

Ottoman-era miniature depicting Bilal ibn Rabah (c. 580 - 640 CE), the first muezzin in the Islamic tradition, who is seen standing on top of the Kaaba while reciting the adhan.
Muezzin at Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Muezzin performing the adhan indoor with a microphone.

References

↑ Muezzins in uproar over Cairo's plan for a single call to prayer, 13. October 2004 Archived 2006-03-20 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Muezzins in uproar over Cairo's plan for a single call to prayer, 13. October 2004 Archived 2006-03-20 at the Wayback Machine

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