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201. Ibn Shihāb narrated that Abū Hurairah said: "None should call for the prayer except for one with Wudū." (Da'if)
Abū 'Eisā said: This is more correct than the first Hadīth.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] Ibn Wahb[1] did not narrate Abū Hurairah's Hadīth from the Prophet ﷺ, and this is more correct than the narration of Al-Walīd bin Muslim.[2]
And Az-Zuhri[3] did not hear from Abū Hurairah.
The people of knowledge differ over one calling the Adhān without Wudū. Some of the people of knowledge dislike it. This is the opinion of Ash-Shāfi'ī and Ishāq. Some of the people of knowledge permitted it, this is the opinion of Sufyān [Ath-Thawri], Ibn Al-Mubārak and Aḥmad.
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Commentary
No authentic Hadīth is proven about this issue; the above mentioned Hadīth and both traditions from the Companions are Weak. So if a person without ablution calls the Adhān, there is no harm in it, yet it is better and virtuous to call the Adhān in state of ablution.
