موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الصلاةBook: On the Explanation of Prayer
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي النِّدَاءِ لِلصَّلَاةِChapter on what is reported regarding the call to prayer
Hadith 152
وَحَدَّثَنِي ، عَنْ وَحَدَّثَنِي ، عَنْ مَالِك ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ ، أَنَّ الْمُؤَذِّنَ جَاءَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ يُؤْذِنُهُ لِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ فَوَجَدَهُ نَائِمًا ، فَقَالَ : الصَّلَاةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ ، فَأَمَرَهُ عُمَرُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا فِي نِدَاءِ الصُّبْحِ "
Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) was informed that a muezzin came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) to inform him of the Fajr prayer, and found Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sleeping. So he said «الصَّلَوٰةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ» meaning, "Prayer is better than sleep, O Commander of the Believers!" Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered the muezzin to say this phrase in the call to prayer for Fajr.
