enter the state of consecration, they forgo comforts and therefore do not cut the hair of their heads; likewise, those offering sacrificial animals who are not pilgrims do not take anything from their hair.
His saying after he has finished: “O Allah, Lord of this perfect call, …”
His saying, “And his saying after he has finished: ‘O Allah, Lord of this perfect call …,’” means that the author has in fact confined the supplication to be said after the call to prayer to what he mentioned. Otherwise, after the call to prayer, one should first invoke blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ (1), then say: “O Allah, Lord of this perfect call …”
During the call to prayer, when the caller to prayer says, “I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah; I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,” and you repeat it after him, you should then say: “I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, with Islam as my religion, and with Muhammad as my Messenger.” This is indicated by the apparent meaning of Muslim’s narration, in which he said: “Whoever says upon hearing the call: ‘I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, with Muhammad as my Messenger, and with Islam as my religion,’ his sin will be forgiven.” In the narration of Ibn Rumḥ—one of the transmitters in the chain—is: “Whoever says: ‘And I too bear witness …’” (2).
The words, “And I too bear witness,” indicate that one says this immediately after the caller to prayer says, “I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah,” because the conjunction “and” joins one’s statement to that of the caller to prayer. Thus, there is a prescribed remembrance to be said during the call to prayer.