English translation
644. It was narrated from 'Awn bin Abî Juhaifah that his father said: "I came to the Prophet ﷺ and Bilâl came out and called the Adhân, and he started doing like this in his Adhân, turning to his right and left."
Hadith 644
What Should The Mu'adhhdhin Do While Calling The Adhân ?
- English source
Darussalam · Volume 1
7. The Book Of The Adhân(The Call To Prayer)Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
- Arabic source
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الحديث: 643 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 12
Al-Albani source references (2)
- صحيح وضعيف سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 643 · Volume 2 · Page 287
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٢٣٣) ، صحيح أبي داود (٥٣٣)
- صحيح سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 624 · Volume 1 · Page 139
Sahih
(صحيح) - الإرواء ٢٣٣، صحيح أبي داود ٥٣٣.
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Arabic text
643 - أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: " أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَخَرَجَ بِلَالٌ فَأَذَّنَ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ فِي أَذَانِهِ هَكَذَا: يَنْحَرِفُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا "
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Although the call to prayer (Adhân) is given facing the Qiblah (direction of the Ka'bah in Makkah) while pronouncing the actual summons to prayer (Hayya alas salâh; hayya alal falâh) the face is turned to the right and to the left, respectively, so that the voice reaches in the directions of the right and the left. And this is the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, as is established in other narrations.