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499. 'Abdullāh bin Zaid narrated: "When the Prophet ﷺ ordered that a bell be rung so that people congregate for the prayer, I saw in my dream a person coming to me with a bell in his hand. So I said: 'O servant of Allāh! Will you sell (me) the bell?' He said: 'What will you do with it?' I said, 'We will call people with it to the prayer.' So he said: 'Should I not inform you of something which will be better than this?' I said: 'Yes, of course!' So he said: 'Say: "Allāhu Akbaru Allāhu akbaru, Allāhu Akbaru Allāhu akbaru. Ashhadu anlā ilāha illallāh, Ashhadu anlā ilāha illallāh. Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan Rasūlullāh, Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan Rasūlullāh. Hayya 'alaṣ-ṣalāh, Hayya 'alaṣ-ṣalāt. Hayya 'alal-falāh, Hayya 'alal-falāh. Allāhu Akbaru Allāhu Akbaru, lā ilāha ill-Allāh." (Allāh is the Most Great, Allāh is the Most Great, Allāh is the Most Great, Allāh is the Most Great, I bear witness that none has the right to be worshiped but Allāh, I bear witness that none has the right to be worshiped but Allāh; I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh, I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh; Come to the prayer, Come to the prayer; come to the prosperity, Come to the prosperity; Allāh is the Most Great, Allāh is the Most Great; none has the right to be worshiped but Allāh). Then (the person) moved a small distance away and said: 'Then you should say, when you wish to start the prayer: "Allāhu Akbaru Allāhu akbaru, Ashhadu anlā ilāha illallāh, Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan Rasūlullāh. Hayya 'alaṣ-ṣalāt, Hayya 'alal-falāh. Qad qāmatīṣ-ṣalāh, Qad qāmatīṣ-ṣalāh. Allāhu Akbaru Allāhu Akbaru, lā ilāha illallāh." (Allāh is the Most Great, Allāh is the Most Great, I bear witness that none has the right to be worshiped but Allāh, I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh; Come to the prayer; Come to the prosperity; The prayer is about to begin, the prayer is about to begin; Allāh is the Most Great, Allāh is the Most Great; none has the right to be worshiped but Allāh). The next morning, I came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and informed him of my dream. He said: 'This is a true dream (from Allāh), Allāh willing. Stand up with Bilāl and tell him (the words) that you saw in your dream, for he has a louder voice than you.' So I stood with Bilāl and started reciting to him (the words), and he would call them out (loudly). 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb heard this while he was in his house, so he left (his house) dragging his Ridā' behind him, saying: '(I swear) by Him Who has sent you with the truth, O Messenger of Allāh, I (too) dreamt the same dream that he has been shown.' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Then all praises are due to Allāh." (Hasan) Abū Dāwūd said: This is (also) how the narration of Az-Zuhrī is from Sa'eed bin al-Musayyab, from 'Abdullāh bin Zaid. And Ibn Ishāq (also reported it) from Az-Zuhrī, he said in it: "Allāhu Akbaru Allāhu Akbaru, Allāhu Akbaru Allāhu Akbaru. While in their narration from Az-Zurhī, Ma'mar and Yūnus said: "Allāhu Akbaru Allāhu Akbaru," they did not say it twice.