المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
بَابُ مُرَاعَاةِ الْأَوْقَاتِ بِالْمَقَادِيرِ الْمُعْتَادَةِ
Observing the times by customary measures
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قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ : حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ ، ثَنَا الْأَحْوَصُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ الْيَزَنِيِّ ، قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَحِبُّ الدِّيكَ الْأَبْيَضَ ، وَيَأْمُرُ بِاتِّخَاذِهِ وَيَقُولُ : " إِنَّهُ يُؤَذِّنُ لِلصَّلَاةِ ، وَيُوقِظُ النَّائِمَ ، وَيَطْرُدُ الْجِنَّ بِصِيَاحِهِ " .
It is narrated from Ubaydah al-Yazani that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) liked the white rooster and ordered that it be kept (in homes), saying: "It calls to the prayer, wakes the sleeper, and drives away the jinn with its crowing."
In the chain of this hadith, al-Ahwas bin Hakim is a weak narrator, and this report is mursal.
In the chain of this hadith, al-Ahwas bin Hakim is a weak narrator, and this report is mursal.
قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ : حَدَّثَنِي بِشْرٌ ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ ، قَالَتْ : " كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا تَتَّخِذُ دِيكًا لِوَقْتِ صَلَاتِهَا وَلِوَقْتِ سَحُورِهَا " .
Zaynab narrates: "The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), used to keep a rooster to know the times of her prayers and the time of her suhur (pre-dawn meal)."
Imam al-Bukhari recorded this report in "al-Adab al-Mufrad" (hadith: 1206), and Allamah al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him) declared its chain sahih (authentic).
Imam al-Bukhari recorded this report in "al-Adab al-Mufrad" (hadith: 1206), and Allamah al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him) declared its chain sahih (authentic).
