Tarjia (repeating the testimonies in the call to prayer)

Tarjia in the call to prayer is the muezzin lowering his voice on the two testimonies while letting those present hear, then raising it again on them. ¹

Tarjia in the language is repeating a sound in reading, calling, singing or the like. In law it is as above. ¹ Tathwib is the saying, twice, of "prayer is better than sleep" in the dawn call after the two calls to prayer (or between the call and the iqama, by some jurists). It differs from tarjia, since tathwib belongs to the dawn call only and tarjia to every call. ¹

The Hanafis and, in the sounder view, the Hanbalis hold that there is no tarjia in the call, on the report of Abdullah ibn Zayd, who was shown the call without tarjia. Ahmad allowed the muezzin to repeat it. ¹ The Malikis, and the sounder Shafi'i view, hold it recommended, on the hadith of Abu Mahdhura (may God be pleased with him), whom the Prophet ﷺ told to go back and raise his voice. One Shafi'i view holds it a pillar, so the call is not valid without it; al-Bayhaqi reported from al-Shafi'i that the call is not valid if it is left out. ² Ibn Najim held that the Hanafi texts treat tarjia as permitted, and Ibn Abidin read al-Haskafi's dislike of it as dislike in the sense of recommendation against. ²

Tarjia comes after both testimonies together, so one does not repeat the first before saying the second. Its purpose is to reflect on the two words of sincere faith, which save from unbelief and admit into Islam, and to recall how they were hidden at the start of Islam and then became manifest. ^{2 3}