سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب الأَذَانِ فَوْقَ الْمَنَارَةِChapter: Calling The Adhan From Atop A Minaret.
Hadith 519
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ،عَنْ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ ، قَالَتْ : " كَانَ بَيْتِي مِنْ أَطْوَلِ بَيْتٍ حَوْلَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَكَانَ بِلَالٌ يُؤَذِّنُ عَلَيْهِ الْفَجْرَ ، فَيَأْتِي بِسَحَرٍ فَيَجْلِسُ عَلَى الْبَيْتِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْفَجْرِ ، فَإِذَا رَآهُ تَمَطَّى ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَحْمَدُكَ وَأَسْتَعِينُكَ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ أَنْ يُقِيمُوا دِينَكَ ، قَالَتْ : ثُمَّ يُؤَذِّنُ " ، قَالَتْ : وَاللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُهُ كَانَ تَرَكَهَا لَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً تَعْنِي هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ .
Narrated A woman from Banu an-Najjar: Urwah ibn az-Zubayr reported on the authority of a woman from Banu an-Najjar. She said: My house was the loftiest of all the houses around the mosque (of the Prophet at Madina). Bilal used to make a call to the morning prayer from it. He would come there before the break of dawn and wait for it. When he saw it, he would yawn and say: O Allah, I praise you and seek Your assistance for the Quraysh so that they might establish Thine religion. He then would make the call to prayer. She (the narrator) said: By Allah, I do not know whether he ever left saying these words on any night.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
519. Commentary:
➊ It is recommended (mustahabb) to call the adhan (call to prayer) in a loud voice and from a high place, but nowadays loudspeakers have fulfilled this requirement.
➋ The supplicatory words (du‘a) of Bilal radi Allahu anhu before the adhan were in no way a part of the adhan itself. Rather, this was a general type of supplication in which he would remain engaged for quite some time while waiting for the true dawn (subh sadiq). The reason for praying for the guidance of the Quraysh was that this tribe held great importance among the Arabs. Due to their opposition, the general Arabs were also refraining from accepting Islam. When Allah granted this tribe the ability to accept Islam, then people began entering Islam in large groups.
➊ It is recommended (mustahabb) to call the adhan (call to prayer) in a loud voice and from a high place, but nowadays loudspeakers have fulfilled this requirement.
➋ The supplicatory words (du‘a) of Bilal radi Allahu anhu before the adhan were in no way a part of the adhan itself. Rather, this was a general type of supplication in which he would remain engaged for quite some time while waiting for the true dawn (subh sadiq). The reason for praying for the guidance of the Quraysh was that this tribe held great importance among the Arabs. Due to their opposition, the general Arabs were also refraining from accepting Islam. When Allah granted this tribe the ability to accept Islam, then people began entering Islam in large groups.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 519
