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206. Ibn 'Abbās narrated: "The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Whoever calls the Adhān for seven years, seeking reward for it, salvation from the Fire is written for him.'" (Ḍa'if)
Abū 'Eisā said: There are narrations on this topic from [ʿAbdullāh] Ibn Mas'ūd, Thawbān, Mu'āwiyah, Anas, Abū Hurairah, and Abū Sa'eed.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] The Ḥadīth of Ibn 'Abbās is a Gharīb Ḥadīth.
Abū Tumailah's name is [Yahya bin Wāḍiḥ].
Abū Ḥamzah As-Sukkarī's name is [Muḥmmad bin Maimūn].
They graded Jābir bin Yazīd Al-Ju'fi weak; Yahya bin Sa'eed and 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Mahdī abandoned him.
Abū 'Eisā said: I heard Al-Jārūd saying: "I heard Wakī saying: 'If not for Jābir Al-Ju'fi then the people of Al-Kūfah would have been without Aḥādīth, and if not for Hammād then the people of Al-Kūfah would have been without Fiqh.'"
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There are authentic Aḥādīth about the virtues of calling Adhān. It is narrated in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The callers to prayer will have the longest necks of all people. It is the symbol of nobility and honour of the caller.
