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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Book of the Adhan and the Sunnah Regarding It

Sunan Ibn Majah 731

Chapter: Saying The Phrases Of The Iqamah Once

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 731

Narrator:سعد بن عائذ الأنصاري

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَمَّارِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، مُؤَذِّنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ

أَذَانَ بِلاَلٍ كَانَ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَإِقَامَتُهُ مُفْرَدَةً ‏.‏

'Abdur-Rahman bin Sa'd bin 'Ammar bin Sa'd narrated (from his great-grandfather of the Messenger of Allah) that:

In the Adhan of Bilal, the phrases were two by two, and in his Iqamah they were said once.

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 731).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( أَذَان بِلَال كَانَ مَثْنَى إِلَخْ ) أَيْ كَلِمَات الْأَذَان مُكَرَّرَة وَالْإِقَامَة مُفْرَدَة نَظَرًا إِلَى الْغَالِب كَمَا سَبَقَ وَفِي الزَّوَائِد إِسْنَاده ضَعِيف لِضَعْفِ أَوْلَاد سَعْد وَمَعْنَاهُ فِي صَحِيح الْبُخَارِيّ.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 731
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 731
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 731
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 731

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