Regular (ratib): the regular sunnas, the regular muezzin and the regular imam of a mosque

Ratib means fixed and settled; its technical use keeps that meaning. ¹

These are the sunnas that follow the obligatory prayers. The jurists differ on their number: the majority say ten rak'as, and the Hanafis twelve, with the two before dawn prayer the most emphasised among them. ^{1 2}

When a mosque has a regular muezzin, no one else calls the adhan before him unless he is absent and the time is at risk; if others dispute the call, the regular muezzin takes precedence. ^{2 3}

The regular imam leads over the others present even if someone else is more learned; the ruler, his deputy or the judge takes precedence when present. ^{3 4}

The Hanafis, Malikis and Shafi'is dislike repeating the congregation in a mosque with a regular imam when it falls on the path of people and the imam has not permitted it; the Hanbalis allow it. ⁴ There is no dislike in a second congregation when the mosque is in a market or on a road, when there is no regular imam, or when the imam permits it; this is agreed. ⁴

The entitlement to regular posts in endowments is treated under endowments and wages. ^{4 5}