Just want to mention that for congregation prayer, rows start at the middle.
The only time it should start at a side is if it is the last row that is against a wall and the entrance to the hall is to a side - in which case starting in the middle could constrict other people from getting into the row past the people in the middle.
Otherwise it starts in the middle.
Secondly, the second adhaan at jum'ah is part of the khutbah. Unlike normal adhaan where there are set responses etc that people can read in response to all the calls, this is not the case when it is a part of khutbah, when people should listen attentively.
If someone else is responding to the adhaan, let them as you are not supposed to break your listening attentively to warn others here either.
Rows start in the middle? why *must* they start in the middle?
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Not must but its where its done and the person in the middle gets the most reward.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
A girl told me that if you speak during the khutbah u lose ur reward for attending it, even to say salaams. This true?
"Verily, in the remembrance of Allah, do hearts find rest"
I dont know if that is true, but during khutbah you are meant to be silent and attentive, not correcting others or offering salaam etc.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.