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208. Abū Sa'eed narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "When you hear the call (to prayer) then say the similar to what the Mu'adh-dhīn says." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Rāfi', Abū Hurairah, Umm Ḥabībah, 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr, 'Abdullāh bin Rabī'ah, 'Āishah, Mu'ādḥ bin Anas, and Mu'āwiyah.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abū Sa'eed is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth.
Ma'mar and more than one other person narrated this from Az-Zuhri, and it is similar to the Hadīth of Mālik (a narrator in the chain of this Hadīth).
‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin Iṣḥāq narrated this Hadīth from Az-Zuhri, from Sa‘eed bin Al-Musayyab, from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ.
But the narration of Mālik is more correct.
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Commentary
The person listening to the Adhān should say the phrases of the Adhān exactly like the caller, but he should say “lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā Billāh” (there is no power and no strength save in Allāh) in answer to “Hayyā alāṣ-Ṣalāt [come to prayer] and ‘Hayyā alal-Falāh’ [come to prosperity]. [Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī, Hadīth: 613 and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Hadīth: 385]. Whereas the answer to the Iqāmah is just like the Iqāmah; and the words of ‘Aqāmahā-allāhu wa adāmahā’ in answer to ‘Qad qāmatīṣ-Ṣalāt’ are not proven from the authentic Aḥādīth.
