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Iqama

Second Islamic call to prayer

Field	Value
arabic
arabic_rom	ar
literal meaning	"initiation"
image	Jemaah melaksanakan salat tarawih.jpg
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caption	Muslims preparing for the Taraweeh prayer

The iqama () is the second Islamic call to prayer, recited after the adhan. It summons those already in the mosque to line up for prayer (salah).

It is traditionally given a more rapid and less sonorous rendering than the adhan, as it is intended merely to draw the attention of those already in the mosque, rather than to remind those outside to come in. Most phrases of the iqama and adhan are the same, though there are variations among the schools (madhahib) of jurisprudence (fiqh) in the preferred number of repetitions of the phrases.

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Recital	ArabicQuranic Arabic	Romanization	Translation	Sunni	Ibadi	Shia
4x	2x	4x	2x	ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ	allāhu akbar	God is greatest
2x	1x	2x	أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ	ashhadu an lā ilāha illa llāh	I testify there is nothing worthy of worship except God
2x	1x	2x	أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ	ashhadu anna muḥammadan rasūlu llāh	I testify Muhammad is the messenger of God
None	2x	أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا وَلِيُّ ٱللَّٰهِ	ashhadu anna ʿaliyyan waliyyu llāh	I testify Ali is the vicegerent of God
2x	1x	2x	حَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلصَّلَاةِحَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ	ḥayya ʿala ṣ-ṣalāh	Come to prayer
2x	1x	2x	حَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلْفَلَاحِحَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلْفَلَٰحِ	ḥayya ʿala l-falāḥ	Come to success
None	2x	حَيَّ عَلَىٰ خَيْرِ ٱلْعَمَلِ	ḥayya ʿalā khayri l-ʿamal	Come to the best of deeds
2x	1x	2x	قَدْ قَامَتِ ٱلصَّلَاةُقَدْ قَامَتِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةُ	qad qāmati ṣ-ṣalāh	The prayer has been established
2x	ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ	allāhu akbar	God is greater
1x	لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ	lā ilāha illa llāh	There is nothing worthy of worship except God

The one unique line in the iqama, but not adhan, is qad qāmati ṣ-ṣalāh, the announcement "the prayer has been established", i.e., is about to commence. It is stated just before the opening allāhu akbar, the formal start of prayer.

The Hanafi and Shia schools both use the same number of repetitions in both the adhan and iqama, contrary to all the other schools.

Unlike the other schools, the Maliki school recommends qad qāmati ṣ-ṣalāh to be said only once. This is based on the practice of the people of Medina during Malik ibn Anas's time.

Other uses of the term ''iqama''

Iqāma is the maṣdar form of the fourth (causative) stem (stem 'af`ala) from the triliteral root Q-W-M, which relates to setting things up, carrying things out, existence, and assorted other meanings. The word iqāma itself is multivalent, but its most common meaning outside the inauguration of prayer is in the context of immigration law, referring to a long-term visa for a foreign national. In some cases, as in Egypt, it is a stamp on the foreigner's passport; in others (as in Morocco and Saudi Arabia) it is a separate identity document in the form of a plastic card.

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