Why do Shi'a call Ali(AS)name in the Adhan?
Tahir Qawwal So...clearly Balil (ra) never was ordered to say this in Rasul (SAW)time or after.So why do we do it a Sunni brother asked! The answer: This is the maintenance of testifying Ali(AS)al-Murtaza's waliyyat !It is not part of adhan or considered " fardh "in our Madhab of the Shi'a !And these are our books and Maraja' that prove it is mu'akadah!...not fardh! Seyed Ali Sistani : Resalah,Masaleh No. :905 .(should be your first choice) Ayt Makarem Shirazi : Masaleh No. : 843. Imam Khomeini : Masaleh No. : 919. Ayt Alavi Gorgani : Masaleh No. : 928. Ayt Sadeq Rouhani : Masaleh No. : 925. Ayt Mazaheri Masaleh : No. : 729. Ayt Vahid Khorasani : Masaleh No. : 928. Ayt Sobhani : Masaleh No. : 885. Ayt Safi Golpayegani : Masaleh No. : 928. Ayt Khamenei : So'al No. : 456. Ayt Nouri Hamedani : Masaleh No. : 920. Late Ayt Boroujerdi : Masaleh No. : 928 . ...