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

Sunan Ibn Majah 732

Chapter: Saying The Phrases Of The Iqamah Once

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 732

Narrator:Abu Rāfi

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَدْرٍ، عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنِي مَعْمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، مَوْلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ بِلاَلاً يُؤَذِّنُ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَيُقِيمُ وَاحِدَةً ‏.‏

It was narrated that Abu Rafi' said:

"I saw Bilal calling the Adhan in fron of Allah's Messenger, (saying the phrases) two by two, and saying each phrase once in the Iqamah."

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 732).

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Classical commentary

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

قَوْله ( عَنْ أَبِي رَافِع ) قَالَ رَأَيْت بِلَالًا فِي الزَّوَائِد إِسْنَاده ضَعِيف لِاتِّفَاقِهِمْ عَلَى ضَعْف مَعْمَر بْن مُحَمَّد بْن عَبْد اللَّه وَأَبِيهِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَم.…

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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. 732
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 732
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 732
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 732

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  • سنن الدارقطني (807)يُؤَذِّنُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَيُقِيمُ فُرَادَى

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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Bulugh al-Maram 181

Bilal was commanded to announce the Adhan (each phrase) twice and the Iqamah (each phrase) once except "The prayer stood ready to begin" (to be pronounced twice). [Agreed upon; but Muslim did not mentioned the exception].

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Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had wanted to take two pieces of wood to strike them together to gather people for the prayer, and Abdullah ibn Zayd al-Ansari, then of the tribe of Harith ibn al-Khazraj, was…

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"I asked Ibn 'Umar about the Adhan and he said: 'At the time of the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W), the phrases of the Adhan were recited twice and the phrases of Iqamah once, except that you should say (the phrase) Qad qamat is-salah (prayer is about to begin)twice. When we heard 'prayer is about to…

كَانَ الأَذَانُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَالإِقَامَةُ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً إِلاَّ أَنَّكَ إِذَا قُلْتَ قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلاَةُ قَالَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ فَإِذَا سَمِعْنَا قَدْ قَامَتِ…

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