Sunan an-Nasa'i The Book of the Adhan (The Call to Prayer)

Sunan an-Nasa'i 634

Chapter: The Adhan Of Two Who Are Alone On A Journey

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 634

أَخْبَرَنَا حَاجِبُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ وَكِيعٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَا وَابْنُ عَمٍّ لِي وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي فَقَالَ ‏

"‏ إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا ‏"

It was narrated that Malik bin Al-Huwairith said:

"I came to the Prophet (S.A.W) with a cousin of mine" - on an another occasion he said: "with a companion of mine" - "and he said: 'When the two of you travel, call the Adhan and the Iqamah, and let the older of you lead the prayer.'"

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 634, 781) and At-Tirmidhi (No. 205).

Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan al-Nasa'i

قَوْله ( فَأَذَّنَّا ) فِي الْمَجْمَع أَيْ لِيُؤَذِّنْ أَحَدكُمَا وَيُجِبْ الْآخَر ا ه يُرِيد أَنَّ اِجْتِمَاعهمَا فِي الْأَذَان غَيْر مَطْلُوب لَكِنْ مَا ذُكِرَ مِنْ التَّأْوِيل يَسْتَلْزِم الْجَمْع بَيْن الْحَقِيقَة وَالْمَجَاز فَالْأَوْلَى أَنْ يُقَال الْإِسْنَاد مَجَازِيّ أَيْ لِيَتَحَقَّقَ بَيْنَكُمَا أَذَان وَإِقَامَة كَمَا فِي بَنُو فُلَان قُتِلُوا وَالْمَعْنَى يَجُوز لِكُلٍّ مِنْكُمَا الْأَذَان وَالْإِقَامَة أَيّكُمَا فَعَلَ حَصَلَ فَلَا يَخْتَصّ بِأَكْبَرَ كَالْإِمَامَةِ وَخُصَّ الْأَكْبَر بِالْإِمَامَةِ لِمُسَاوَاتِهِمَا فِي سَائِر الْأَشْيَاء الْمُوجِبَة لِلتَّقَدُّمِ كَالْأَقْرَئِيَّةِ وَالْأَعْلَمِيَّة بِالنِّسْبَةِ لِمُسَاوَاتِهِمَا فِي الْمُكْث وَالْحُضُور عِنْده صَلَّى اللَّه…

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 634
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	AuthenticSahih - Agreed Upon	The hadith	No. 634
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 634

Other versions

Authentic Jami' at-Tirmidhi 205

"A cousin of mine and I arrived as guests of Allah's Messenger. He said to us: 'When you travel then call the Adhan and Iqamah and let the eldest of you lead the prayer.'"

"‏ إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا ‏"

Narrated by Mālik ibn al-Huwayrith

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 781

"I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with a cousin of mine" - once he said, "with a friend of mine" - and he said: 'When you travel, call the Adhan and Iqamah, and let the older of you lead the prayer.'"

"‏ إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا ‏"

Narrated by Mālik ibn al-Huwayrith

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 682

Malik b. al-Huwairith said that he and a cousin of his came to the Prophet, who said, “When you two are on a journey, you should call the adhan and repeat the iqama, then the older of you should act as imam.” This is how Bukhari transmitted it.

وَعَن مَالك بن الْحُوَيْرِث قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَا وَابْنُ عَمٍّ لِي فَقَالَ: «إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فأذنا وأقيما وليؤمكما أكبركما» . رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ

Narrated by Mālik ibn al-Huwayrith

Also reported by… (10)

الأوسط في السنن والإجماع والاختلاف لابن المنذر (1883)إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا ، فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا ، وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا
الإقناع لابن المنذر (17)إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا
السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (1768)إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا
السنن الكبرى للنسائي (846)إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا ، وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا
السنن الكبرى للنسائي (1586)إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا ، وَأَقِيمَا ، وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا
شرح السنة (430)إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا ، فَأَذِّنَا ، وَأَقِيمَا ، وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا
صحيح ابن خزيمة (397)إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا ، فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا
مستخرج أبي عوانة (740)إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا , وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا , قَالَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ : يُرِيدَانِ السَّفَرَ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِهِ , حَدِيثُ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ : إِذَا كَانَ ثَلاثَةٌ فَلْيَؤُمَّهُمْ أَحَدُهُمْ
مسند السراج (1223)إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمُّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا
مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (2198)إِذَا سَافَرْتُمَا فَأَذِنَّا وَأَقِيمَا وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا

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We came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when we were all young men of nearly equal age. We stayed with him for twenty days. He was extremely kind and considerate. He perceived that we missed our families so he asked us about those we left behind, and we informed him. Then he (ﷺ) said, "Go back to…

"‏ وصلوا كما رأيتموني أصلي‏"

Narrated by Mālik ibn al-Huwayrith + 16 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Abu Dawud 589

When the time of prayer comes, call the Adhan, then call the iqamah, then the one who is oldest of you should act as your imam. The version narrated by Maslamah goes : He said: On that day we were almost equal in knowledge. The version narrated by Isma’il says: Khalid said: I said to Abu Qilabah…

إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَأَذِّنَا ثُمَّ أَقِيمَا ثُمَّ لْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Narrated by Mālik ibn al-Huwayrith + 7 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 630

Two men came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with the intention of a journey. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When (both of) you set out, pronounce Adhan and then Iqama and the oldest of you should lead the prayer."

إِذَا أَنْتُمَا خَرَجْتُمَا فَأَذِّنَا ثُمَّ أَقِيمَا ثُمَّ لِيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا ‏"

Narrated by Mālik ibn al-Huwayrith

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 2848

On my departure from the Prophet (ﷺ) he said to me and to a friend of mine, "You two, pronounce the Adhan and the Iqama for the prayer and let the elder of you lead the prayer."

لَنَا أَنَا وَصَاحِبٌ لِي ‏"‏ أَذِّنَا وَأَقِيمَا، وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمَا أَكْبَرُكُمَا ‏"

Narrated by Mālik ibn al-Huwayrith

Not graded Sunan ad-Darimi 1278

أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ حِطَّانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقَاشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى…

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari + 1 other version Arabic only

Not graded Musnad Ahmad 18683

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ حِطَّانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقَاشِيِّ أَنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيَّ صَلَّى بِأَصْحَابِهِ صَلَاةً فَذَكَرَ…

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari Arabic only

Sunan an-Nasa'i 634

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"A cousin of mine and I arrived as guests of Allah's Messenger. He said to us: 'When you travel then call the Adhan and Iqamah and let the eldest of you lead the prayer.'"

"I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with a cousin of mine" - once he said, "with a friend of mine" - and he said: 'When you travel, call the Adhan and Iqamah, and let the older of you lead the prayer.'"

Malik b. al-Huwairith said that he and a cousin of his came to the Prophet, who said, “When you two are on a journey, you should call the adhan and repeat the iqama, then the older of you should act as imam.” This is how Bukhari transmitted it.

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Two men came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with the intention of a journey. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When (both of) you set out, pronounce Adhan and then Iqama and the oldest of you should lead the prayer."

On my departure from the Prophet (ﷺ) he said to me and to a friend of mine, "You two, pronounce the Adhan and the Iqama for the prayer and let the elder of you lead the prayer."

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