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

Sunan an-Nasa'i 636

Chapter: The Adhan Of Someone Else Is Sufficient While A Resident

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 636

Narrator:سلمة بن قيس الجرمي

أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلِمَةَ، فَقَالَ لِي أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ هُوَ حَىٌّ أَفَلاَ تَلْقَاهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَيُّوبُ فَلَقِيتُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَمَّا كَانَ وَقْعَةُ الْفَتْحِ بَادَرَ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ بِإِسْلاَمِهِمْ فَذَهَبَ أَبِي بِإِسْلاَمِ أَهْلِ حِوَائِنَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ اسْتَقْبَلْنَاهُ فَقَالَ جِئْتُكُمْ وَاللَّهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَقًّا فَقَالَ ‏

"‏ صَلُّوا صَلاَةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا وَصَلاَةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا فَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ لَكُمْ أَحَدُكُمْ وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا ‏"

It was narrated from Ayyub, from Abu Qilabah, from 'Amr bin Salamah:

"Abu Qilabah said to me (Ayyub): He ('Amr) is still alive, do you want to meet him?" I met him and asked him, and he said: "When Makkah was conquered, all the people hastened to announce their Islam. My father went to announce the Islam of the poeple of our village, and when he came back we went to see him and he said: 'By Allah, I have indeed come to you from the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W)'. He said: 'Pray such and such a prayer at such and such a time, pray such and such a prayer at such and such a time. When the time for prayer comes let one of you call the Adhan and let the one who knows the most Qur'an lead the prayer.'"

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 636).

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Classical commentary

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

قَوْله ( بَادَرَ ) أَيْ كُلّ مِنْهُمْ أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَسْبِقُوا غَيْرهمْ بِالْإِسْلَامِ ( بِإِسْلَامِ أَهْل حِوَائِنَا ) الْحِوَاء بِكَسْرِ الْحَاء الْمُهْمَلَة وَالْمَدّ بُيُوت مُجْتَمِعَة مِنْ النَّاس عَلَى مَاء أَيْ ذَهَبَ بِأَنَّ أَهْل قَرْيَتنَا أَسْلَمُوا إِلَى النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ مِنْ عِنْده فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ قَرْيَته.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 636
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari The hadith No. 636
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 636

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (1588)صَلُّوا صَلاةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا ، وَصَلُّوا صَلاةَ كَذَا فِي حِينِ كَذَا ، فإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاةُ ، فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ لَكُمْ أَحَدُكُمْ ، وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا
  • الطبقات الكبرى لابن سعد (8491)فَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاةُ فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ أَحَدُكُمْ ، وَلْيَؤُمَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُكُمْ قُرْآنًا

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