Sunan Abi Dawud

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The Mu'adh-dhin Should Turn Around While Calling The Adhān

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الحديث: 520 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 143

DarussalamSahīhAl-AlbaniSahihAl-Albani(قلت: إسناد الرواية الأولى صحيح. وقد أخرجها مسلم في "صحيحه" تامًّا، والبخاري وأبو عوانة مختصرًا. والرواية الأخرى صحيحة؛ لكن قوله فيها: (ولم يستدر) شاذ بل منكر. والحديث قال الترمذي: "حسن صحيح"، وتمام الحديث سيأتي برقم (٦٨٩))
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520. 'Awn bin Abī Juhaifah narrated from his father: "I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was in Makkah, and he was in a red tent made out of leather. Bilāl came out and called the Adhān, so I would follow his face (as he turned it) from here and there (one direction to another). Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came out, and he was wearing a red Yemeni Burūd [Qīṭrī] Hullah."[1] (Sahīh) Mūsā (one of the narrators) said: "I saw Bilāl go out to (the valley of) Abṭāh to call the Adhān. When he reached (the phrase): 'Hayya 'alaṣ-ṣalāt, Hayya 'alal-falāḥ' (come to prayer, come to prosperity) — he turned his neck right (and then) left, but he did not rotate (his entire body). Then he entered (into the tent), and brought out the 'Anazah...'"[2] and he narrated the remainder of the Hadīth.

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520 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الرَّبِيعِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَنْبَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَكَّةَ وَهُوَ فِي قُبَّةٍ حَمْرَاءَ مِنْ أَدَمٍ فَخَرَج بِلَالٌ فَأَذَّنَ فَكُنْتُ أَتَتَبَّعُ فَمَهُ هَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا، قَالَ: «ثُمَّ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَيْهِ حُلَّةٌ حَمْرَاءُ بُرُودٌ يَمَانِيَةٌ قِطْرِيٌّ» - وَقَالَ مُوسَى - قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ بِلَالًا خَرَجَ إِلَى الْأَبْطَحِ فَأَذَّنَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ، لَوَى عُنُقَهُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا، وَلَمْ يَسْتَدِرْ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فَأَخْرَجَ الْعَنَزَةَ وَسَاقَ حَدِيثَهُ

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It is preferable and desirable to face the Ka'bah while calling the Adhān. Abṭā refers to an area outside Makkah in the direction of Minā.