Saying Aqaamaha Allaahu wa adaamaha (May Allaah make is continually established) when the muezzin says Qad qaamat il-salaah (Prayer is about to begin)

The scholars differed as to
whether it is mustahabb to respond to the muezzin when he recites the
iqaamah before prayer. This has been discussed in the answer to question no.
111791. 

According to the view that
it is mustahabb to respond to the muezzin when he recites the iqaamah as
with the adhaan, then one should say Qad qaamat il-salaah (Prayer is
about to begin) and not Aqaamaha Allaahu wa adaamaha (May Allaah make
is continually established). 

Because the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) enjoined us to say what the
muezzin says, and there is no valid report about any exception apart from
when the muezzin says Hayya ‘ala al-salaah, hayya ‘ala al-falaah
(come to prayer, come to prosperity), when we should say La hawla wa
quwwata ila Billaah (there is no power and no strength except with
Allaah). 

With regard to the hadeeth
narrated by Abu Dawood (528) from Abu Umaamah (may Allaah be pleased with
him) or from some of the companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him), which says that Bilaal began to recite the iqaamah,
and when he said Qad qaamat il-salaah (Prayer is about to begin), the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: Aqaamaha
Allaahu wa adaamaha (May Allaah make is continually established), this
is a da’eef (weak) hadeeth that is not saheeh. 

Al-Albaani (may Allaah have
mercy on him) said: 

This isnaad is weak.
Muhammad ibn Thaabit, who is al-‘Abdi, is da’eef (weak), and so is Shahr ibn
Hawshab, and the man between them is unknown. 

Irwa’ al-Ghaleel
(241). 

This was classed as da’eef
by al-Nawawi in al-Majmoo’ (3/122) and by al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar in
al-Talkhees al-Habeer (1/211). 

The scholars of the
Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas said: 

The Sunnah is for the one
who is listening to the iqaamah to say what the muezzin says, because it is
a second adhaan. So you should respond as one responds to the adhaan. When
the muezzin says Hayya ‘ala al-salaah, hayya ‘ala al-falaah (come to
prayer, come to prosperity), the listener should say La hawla wa quwwata
ila Billaah (there is no power and no strength except with Allaah), and
when he says Qad qaamat il-salaah (Prayer is about to begin), he
should say the same, and he should not say Aqaamaha Allaahu wa adaamaha
(May Allaah make is continually established), because the hadeeth concerning
that is da’eef, and it is narrated in a saheeh hadeeth that the Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When you hear
the muezzin, say what he says.” This includes both the adhaan and the
iqaamah, because both of them may be called adhaan. Then he should send
blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
after the muezzin says Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, and he should say: “Allaahumma
Rabba haadhihi’l-da’wat il-taammah wa’l-salaat il-qaa’imah, aati Muhammadan
il waseelata wa’l-fadeelah, wab’athhu maqaaman mahmoodan illadhi wa’adtah
(O Allaah, Lord of this perfect call and the prayer to be offered, grant
Muhammad the privilege (of intercession) and also the eminence, and
resurrect him to the praised position that You have promised),” as he says
after the adhaan. We do not know of any saheeh evidence to suggest that it
is mustahabb to say any other du’aa’ between the end of the iqaamah and the
opening takbeer of the prayer, apart from what has been mentioned. End
quote. 

Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez Ibn
Baaz, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Razzaaq ‘Afeefi, Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Qa’ood. 

Fataawa al-Lajnah
al-Daa’imah (6/89, 90) 

And Allaah knows best.