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Sahih al-BukhariCall to Prayers (Adhaan)

Sahih al-Bukhari 787

Chapter: Itmam At-Takbir (i.e., to end the number of Takbir, or to say the Takbir perfectly) on prostrating. [See Fath Al-Bari]

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 787

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً عِنْدَ الْمَقَامِ يُكَبِّرُ فِي كُلِّ خَفْضٍ وَرَفْعٍ وَإِذَا قَامَ وَإِذَا وَضَعَ، فَأَخْبَرْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ أَوَلَيْسَ تِلْكَ صَلاَةَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ أُمَّ لَكَ‏.‏

Narrated `Ikrima:

I saw a person praying at Muqam-Ibrahim (the place of Abraham by the Ka`ba) and he was saying Takbir on every bowing, rising, standing and sitting. I asked Ibn `Abbas (about this prayer). He admonished me saying: "Isn't that the prayer of the Prophet?"

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 787).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْلُهُ : ( عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ ) صَرَّحَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ بِأَنَّ أَبَا بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَهُ. قَوْلُهُ : ( رَأَيْت رَجُلًا عِنْدَ الْمَقَامِ ) فِي رِوَايَةِ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيِّ " صَلَّيْت خَلْفَ شَيْخٍ بِالْأَبْطَحِ " وَالْأُولَى أَصَحُّ , إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمُرَادُ بِالْأَبْطَحِ الْبَطْحَاءَ الَّتِي تُفْرَشُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ , وَسَيَأْتِي فِي أَوَّلِ الْبَابِ الَّذِي بَعْدَهُ بِلَفْظِ " صَلَّيْت خَلْفَ شَيْخٍ بِمَكَّةَ " وَأَنَّهُ سَمَّاهُ فِي بَعْضِ الطُّرُقِ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ , وَاتَّفَقَتْ هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَاتُ عَلَى أَنَّهُ رَآهُ بِمَكَّةَ , وَلِلسَّرَّاجِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ " رَأَيْت رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي فِي مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَ…

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