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2173. Samurah said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'Do not be confused by the Adhân of Bilâl, or by this whiteness, until dawn appears like this" – meaning horizontally. (One of the narrators) Abû Dâwûd said: "And he spread out his hands gesturing to the right and left." (Sahîh)
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Nonetheless, the Adhân pronounced by Bilal was not for the night vigil prayer or the Tahajjud, because there is no Adhân for the optional accretional prayer; It is invariably for the dawn prayer, but a little ahead of its time.