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This article forms part of the seriesIslam |
| Vocabulary of Islam |
| Five Pillars |
| Profession of faith |
| Prayer – Alms |
| Fasting |
| Pilgrimage to Mecca |
| Holy Cities |
| Mecca – Medina |
| Jerusalem |
| Najaf – Karbala |
| Events |
| Hijra – Islamic calendar – Eid ul-Fitr |
| Eid ul-Adha – Aashura – Mosque – Minaret |
| Mihrab – Kaaba |
| Religious |
| Muezzin – Imam – Mullah |
| Ayatollah – Mufti |
| People & Groups |
| Seyd |
| Texts and laws |
| Qur'an – Hadith – Sunnah |
| Sura – Fiqh – Fatwa |
| Sharia – Sunni – Shi'a |
| Kharijite |
| Maddhabs |
| Hanafi – Maliki |
| Shafi'i – Hanbali |
| Sects |
| Wahhabism – Salafism |
| Twelvers – Ismailism |
| Mu'tazili – Druze |
| Asharism – Sufism |
The müezzin (the word is Turkish; in Arabic: mu'addin) is a servant at the mosque who calls to prayer (adhan) five times a day from one of the mosque's minarets (in most modern mosques, amplifiers have replaced the müezzin).
The müezzin is chosen the serve at the mosque for his good character and voice. When calling to prayer, the müezzin faces each of the four compass directions in turn and cries out the adhan. During the prayer, the müezzin in some mosques stand on a special platform (called the müezzin mahfili in Turkish), opposite the minbar in the mosque and answer the Imam's sermons.
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