صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الصلاةBook of Prayer
باب الأذان - ذكر إثبات الغفران للمؤذن بأذانه
Chapter on Adhan - Affirmation of forgiveness for the muezzin for his call.
Hadith 1672
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " الإِمَامُ ضَامِنٌ ، وَالْمُؤَذِّنُ مُؤْتَمَنٌ ، فَأَرْشَدَ اللَّهُ الأَئِمَّةَ ، وَغَفَرَ لِلْمُؤَذِّنِينَ " . قَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ : الْفَرْقُ بَيْنَ الْعَفْوِ وَالْغُفْرَانِ ، أَنَّ الْعَفْوَ قَدْ يَكُونُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ جَلَّ وَعَلا لَمْنِ اسْتَوْجَبَ النَّارَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ، قَبْلَ تَعْذِيبِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُ ، وَقَدْ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ بَعْدَ تَعْذِيبِهِ إِيَّاهُمُ الشَّيْءَ الْيَسِيرَ ، ثُمَّ يَتَفَضَّلُ عَلَيْهِمْ جَلَّ وَعَلا بِالْعَفْوِ ، إِمَّا مِنْ حَيْثُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتَفَضَّلَ ، وَإِمَّا بِشَفَاعَةِ شَافِعٍ ، وَالْغُفْرَانُ هُوَ الرِّضَا نَفْسُهُ ، وَلا يَكُونُ الْغُفْرَانُ مِنْهُ جَلَّ وَعَلا لَمْنِ اسْتَوْجَبَ النِّيرَانَ بِفَضْلِهِ ، إِلا وَهُوَ يَتَفَضَّلُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِأَنْ لا يُدْخِلَهُمْ إِيَّاهَا بِحَيْلِهِ .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates this statement of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "The Imam is a guarantor, and the Mu’adhdhin is trustworthy. May Allah guide the Imams and forgive the Mu’adhdhins." (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) There is a difference between pardon (‘afw) and forgiveness (maghfirah). Pardon from the Lord can be for such a person upon whom Hell has become obligatory, so this can occur even before He punishes His servant—may Allah protect us from this. And sometimes it can occur after He has punished him for some time. Then Allah will bestow His grace upon those people and pardon them, either due to His grace or because of an intercessor. And by forgiveness is meant His being pleased, and forgiveness from Allah will be for that person upon whom Hell has become obligatory, and this will only be due to His grace—except that He, by His grace and power, does not admit them into it at all.
