سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الأذان والسنة فيهThe Book of the Adhan and the Sunnah Regarding It
بَابُ : بَدْءِ الأَذَانِChapter: How The Adhan Began
Hadith 707
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ " أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَشَارَ النَّاسَ لِمَا يُهِمُّهُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ ، فَذَكَرُوا الْبُوقَ ، فَكَرِهَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْيَهُودِ ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرُوا النَّاقُوسَ ، فَكَرِهَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ النَّصَارَى ، فَأُرِيَ النِّدَاءَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ ، يُقَالُ لَهُ : عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، وَعُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ، فَطَرَقَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْلًا ، " فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِلَالًا بِهِ فَأَذَّنَ " ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ : وَزَادَ بِلَالٌ فِي نِدَاءِ صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ ، الصَّلَاةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ ، فَأَقَرَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ عُمَرُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي رَأَى وَلَكِنَّهُ سَبَقَنِي .
´It was narrated from Salim, from his father, that:` The Prophet consulted the people as to how he could call them to the prayer. They suggested a horn, but he disliked that because of the Jews (because the Jews used a horn). Then they suggested a bell but he disliked that because of the Christians (because the Christians used a bell). Then that night the call to the prayer was shown in a dream to a man among the Ansar whose name was 'Abdullah bin Zaid, and to 'Umar bin Khattab. The Ansari man came to the Messenger of Allah at night, and the Messenger of Allah commanded Bilal to give the call to the prayer. (Da'if)Zuhri said: "Bilal added the phrase "As-salatu khairum minan-nawm (the prayer is better than sleep)" to the call for the morning prayer, and the Messenger of Allah approved of that." 'Umar said: "O Messenger of Allah, I saw the same as he did, but he beat me to it."
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
(1)
Among the noble Companions, it was an established principle that imitating the Jews and Christians was not a good deed.
This issue has been elaborated in detail by Imam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah in his book "Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim fi Mukhalafat Ashab al-Jahim" (Urdu translation: "Fikr wa Aqeedah ki Gumrahiyaan aur Sirat-e-Mustaqeem ke Taqazay," published by Darussalam, Riyadh/Lahore).
(2)
The addition of (الصلاة خير من النوم) ("Prayer is better than sleep") in the call to prayer (adhan) for Fajr has also been approved by the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, therefore this too is Sunnah.
The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, while teaching the adhan to Abu Mahdhurah radi Allahu anhu, said:
If it is the call to prayer for the morning prayer (Fajr), then say: (الصلاة خير من النوم. الصلاة خير من النوم، الله أكبر الله أكبر. لا إله إلا الله)
(Sunan Abi Dawud, Kitab al-Salat, Bab Kayfa al-Adhan, Hadith: 504, 501, 500)
(3)
Our esteemed researcher has declared the mentioned narration weak in its chain of transmission (isnad), and has further written that some parts of this narration have supporting evidence (shawahid) in al-Bukhari and Muslim.
It is probably due to these supporting evidences that other researchers have declared some parts of this narration to be authentic.
(1)
Among the noble Companions, it was an established principle that imitating the Jews and Christians was not a good deed.
This issue has been elaborated in detail by Imam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah in his book "Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim fi Mukhalafat Ashab al-Jahim" (Urdu translation: "Fikr wa Aqeedah ki Gumrahiyaan aur Sirat-e-Mustaqeem ke Taqazay," published by Darussalam, Riyadh/Lahore).
(2)
The addition of (الصلاة خير من النوم) ("Prayer is better than sleep") in the call to prayer (adhan) for Fajr has also been approved by the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, therefore this too is Sunnah.
The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, while teaching the adhan to Abu Mahdhurah radi Allahu anhu, said:
If it is the call to prayer for the morning prayer (Fajr), then say: (الصلاة خير من النوم. الصلاة خير من النوم، الله أكبر الله أكبر. لا إله إلا الله)
(Sunan Abi Dawud, Kitab al-Salat, Bab Kayfa al-Adhan, Hadith: 504, 501, 500)
(3)
Our esteemed researcher has declared the mentioned narration weak in its chain of transmission (isnad), and has further written that some parts of this narration have supporting evidence (shawahid) in al-Bukhari and Muslim.
It is probably due to these supporting evidences that other researchers have declared some parts of this narration to be authentic.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 707
