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What Has Been Related About The Adhān At Night

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. The Chapters On Ṣalāt (As Narrated) From Allāh's Messenger ﷺ

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203. Sālim narrated from his father (Ibn 'Umar) that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed Bilāl calls the Adhān in the night, so eat and drink until you hear the Adhān of Ibn Umm Maktūm." (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū 'Eisā said: There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Mas'ūd, 'Aishah, Unaisah, Anas, Abū Dharr, and Samurah. Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Ibn 'Umar is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth. The people of knowledge differ over the Adhān (for Fajr) called during the night. Some of the people of knowledge said that when the Mu'adh-dhin calls the Adhān during the night, it is acceptable and it need not be repeated. This is the opinion of Mālik, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ash-Shāfi'i, Aḥmad, and Ishāq. Some of the people of knowledge said that when the Adhān is called during the night it must be repeated, this is the opinion of Sufyān Ath-Thawri. Hammād bin Salamah reported from Ayyūb, from Nāfi', from Ibn 'Umar: "Bilāl called the Adhān during the night, so the Prophet ﷺ ordered him to call: 'Indeed the worshipper was sleeping.'" Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is not preserved, what is correct is what is 'Ubaidullāh bin 'Umar and others reported from Nāfi', from Ibn 'Umar, that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed Bilāl calls the Adhān in the night, so eat a drink until you hear the Adhān of Ibn Umm Maktūm." [He said:] 'Abdul-'Aziz bin Abī Rawwād reported from Nāfi': "Umar's Mu'adh-dhin called the Adhān during the night, so 'Umar ordered him to repeat the Adhān." This is also not correct, because it is from Nāfi' from 'Umar, it is disconnected. Perhaps Hammād was referring to this narration. What is correct is the narration of 'Ubaidullāh bin 'Umar and others, from Nāfi', from Ibn 'Umar. And, (the narration of) Az-Zuhri (a narrator in the chain of this Hadīth) from Sālim, from Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed Bilāl calls the Adhān in the night" Abū 'Eisā said: If Ḥammād's narration was correct, then there would not be any meaning for this Hadīth, since Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "Indeed Bilāl calls the Adhān in the night" so he was only ordering them with something that was about to happen, so he said: "Indeed Bilāl calls the Adhān in the night" and if he had ordered him to repeat the Adhān when he called it before Fajr had begun, then he would not have said: "Indeed Bilāl calls the Adhān in the night." 'Alī bin Al-Madīnī said: The narration of Ḥammād bin Salamah, from Ayyūb, from Nāfi', from Ibn 'Umar, from the Prophet ﷺ is not preserved, and Ḥammād bin Salamah was mistaken in it.

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٢٠٣ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ‌ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ ‌سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ بِلَالًا» يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ، فَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى تَسْمَعُوا تَأْذِينَ ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، وَعَائِشَةَ، وَأُنَيْسَةَ، وَأَنَسٍ، وَأَبِي ذَرٍّ، وَسَمُرَةَ. حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عُمَرَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي الْأَذَانِ بِاللَّيْلِ: فَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ: إِذَا أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ بِاللَّيْلِ أَجْزَأَهُ وَلَا يُعِيدُ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ مَالِكٍ، وَابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَالشَّافِعِيِّ، وَأَحْمَدَ، وَإِسْحَاقَ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ: إِذَا أَذَّنَ بِلَيْلٍ أَعَادَ، وَبِهِ يَقُولُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ. وَرَوَى حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ: أَنَّ بِلَالًا أَذَّنَ بِلَيْلٍ، فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُنَادِيَ: إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ نَامَ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ. وَالصَّحِيحُ مَا رَوَى عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَغَيْرُهُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: إِنَّ بِلَالًا يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ فَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يُؤَذِّنَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ. وَرَوَى عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي رَوَّادٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ مُؤَذِّنًا لِعُمَرَ أَذَّنَ بِلَيْلٍ، فَأَمَرَهُ عُمَرُ أَنْ يُعِيدَ الْأَذَانَ. وَهَذَا لَا يَصِحُّ أَيْضًا؛ لِأَنَّهُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ مُنْقَطِعٌ، وَلَعَلَّ حَمَّادَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ أَرَادَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ. وَالصَّحِيحُ رِوَايَةُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ وَغَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، وَالزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: إِنَّ بِلَالًا يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ. وَلَوْ كَانَ حَدِيثُ حَمَّادٍ صَحِيحًا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مَعْنًى؛ إِذْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِنَّ بِلَالًا يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ، فَإِنَّمَا أَمَرَهُمْ فِيمَا يُسْتَقْبَلُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ بِلَالًا يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ، وَلَوْ أَنَّهُ أَمَرَهُ بِإِعَادَةِ الْأَذَانِ حِينَ أَذَّنَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ لَمْ يَقُلْ: إِنَّ بِلَالًا يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ. قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ: حَدِيثُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هُوَ غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ، وَأَخْطَأَ فِيهِ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ.

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1. If, somewhere, only one Adhān for Fajr is called, and the (Mu'adh-dhin) mistakenly called it five or ten minutes earlier, there is no need to repeat the Adhān; but if it was called very early, it should then be repeated at its due time. 2. Other than the Fajr the Adhān, if the Adhān is called for any prayer before its time, it should be repeated at its proper time, according to the consensus. Hāfiz Ibn Al-Mundhir quoted the consensus of the scholars regarding it. [See: Al-Mughnī: 2 / 62]