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The Adhân When Traveling

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Darussalam · Volume 1

7. The Book Of The Adhân(The Call To Prayer)

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الحديث: 633 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 7

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634. It was narrated that Abû Maḥdhûrah said: "When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ left Hunain, I was the tenth of a group of ten of the people of Makkah who were trying to catch up with them. We heard them calling the Adhân for the prayer and we started to repeat the Adhân, mocking them. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'I heard among these people the Adhân of one who has a beautiful voice.' He sent for us, and we recited the Adhân one by one, and I was the last of them. When I said the Adhân he said: 'Come here.' He sat me down in front of him and rubbed my forelock and blessed me three times, then he said: 'Go and give the Adhân at the Sacred House.' I said: 'How, O Messenger of Allâh?' He taught me as you say the Adhân now: 'Allâhu Akbar, Allâhu Akbar, Allâhu akbar, Allâhu akbar; Ashhadu an lâ ilâha illallâh, Ashhadu an lâ ilâha illallâh; Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan Rasûlallâh, Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan Rasûlallâh; Ashhadu an lâ ilâha illallâh, Ashhadu an lâ ilâha illallâh; Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan Rasûlallâh, Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan Rasûlallâh; Hayya 'alas-ṣalâh, Hayya 'alas-ṣalâh; Hayya 'alal-falâh, Hayya 'alal-falâh; aṣ-ṣalâtu khairun min an-nawm; aṣ-ṣalâtu khairun min an-nawm (Allâh is the Greatest, Allâh is the Greatest, Allâh is the Greatest, Allâh is the Greatest; I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allâh, I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allâh; I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allâh, I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allâh; I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allâh, I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allâh; I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allâh, I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allâh; Come to prayer, come to prayer; come to prosperity, come to prosperity; prayer is better than sleep, prayer is better than sleep)' – in the first (Adhân) for Aṣ-Ṣubh (Fajr). And he taught me the Iqâmah, saying each phrase twice: 'Allâhu Akbar, Allâhu Akbar, (Allâhu Akbar, Allâhu Akbar), Ashhadu an lâ ilâha illallâh, Ashhadu an lâ ilâha illallâh; Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan Rasûlallâh, Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan Rasûlallâh; Ḥayya 'alaṣ-ṣalâh, Ḥayya 'alaṣ-ṣalâh; Ḥayya 'alal-falâh, Ḥayya 'alal-falâh; qad qâmatis-ṣalâh, qad qâmatis-ṣalâh, Allâhu Akbar, Allâhu Akbar; Lâ ilâha illallâh (Allâh is the Greatest, Allâh is the Greatest, (Allâh is the Greatest, Allâh is the Greatest); I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allâh, I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allâh; I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allâh, I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allâh; Come to prayer, come to prayer; come to prosperity, come to prosperity; the prayer is about to begin, the prayer is about to begin, Allâh is the Greatest, Allâh is the Greatest; there is none worthy of worship except Allâh.” (One of the narrators) Ibn Jurâij said: “Uthmân narrated this whole report to me from his father and from Umm ‘Abdul-Malik bin Abî Mahdhûrah, and (said that) they heard that from Abû Mahdhûrah. (Hasan)

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633 - أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ السَّائِبِ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي وَأُمُّ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي مَحْذُورَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَحْذُورَةَ قَالَ: لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ حُنَيْنٍ خَرَجْتُ عَاشِرَ عَشْرَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ نَطْلُبُهُمْ، فَسَمِعْنَاهُمْ يُؤَذِّنُونَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَقُمْنَا نُؤَذِّنُ نَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «قَدْ سَمِعْتُ فِي هَؤُلَاءِ تَأْذِينَ إِنْسَانٍ حَسَنِ الصَّوْتِ». فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا، فَأَذَّنَّا رَجُلٌ رَجُلٌ وَكُنْتُ آخِرَهُمْ، فَقَالَ حِينَ أَذَّنْتُ: «تَعَالَ». فَأَجْلَسَنِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَمَسَحَ عَلَى نَاصِيَتِي وَبَرَّكَ عَلَيَّ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «اذْهَبْ فَأَذِّنْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ». قُلْتُ كَيْفَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ فَعَلَّمَنِي كَمَا تُؤَذِّنُونَ الْآنَ بِهَا: «اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ. اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ. اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ. اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ. أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ. أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ. أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ. أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ. أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ. أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ. حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ. حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ. حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ. الصَّلَاةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ فِي الْأُولَى مِنَ الصُّبْحِ». قَالَ: وَعَلَّمَنِي الْإِقَامَةَ مَرَّتَيْنِ: «اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ. اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ. اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ. اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ، قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ. اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ» قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُثْمَانُ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ كُلَّهُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، وَعَنْ أُمِّ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي مَحْذُورَةَ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَبِي مَحْذُورَةَ

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Here, there is a difference of opinion among the scholars concerning the phrase, “as-salatu khairun min'an nawn.” While some of them clearly say that the phrase should come in the “first Adhân,” others say that the words “first Adhân” here refers to the Adhân that directly precedes the Iqâmah. The first interpretation, however, appears more correct since the text clearly states that. This Ḥadîth explicitly corroborates the fact that the expression as-salātu khairun min'an nawn occurs in the Adhân of the dawn prayer; therefore, it is not an addition made by Umar, as has been alleged by the Shi'ites.