Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 519
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ، مِنْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ قَالَتْ كَانَ بَيْتِي مِنْ أَطْوَلِ بَيْتٍ حَوْلَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَكَانَ بِلاَلٌ يُؤَذِّنُ عَلَيْهِ الْفَجْرَ فَيَأْتِي بِسَحَرٍ فَيَجْلِسُ عَلَى الْبَيْتِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْفَجْرِ فَإِذَا رَآهُ تَمَطَّى ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَحْمَدُكَ وَأَسْتَعِينُكَ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ أَنْ يُقِيمُوا دِينَكَ قَالَتْ ثُمَّ يُؤَذِّنُ قَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُهُ كَانَ تَرَكَهَا لَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً تَعْنِي هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ .
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyub narrated to us: Ibrahim ibn Saʿd narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Zubayr, from ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, from a woman of Banu al-Najjar, who said: My house was one of the tallest houses around the mosque. Bilal used to call the dawn prayer from its roof. He would come before dawn and sit on the roof watching for it. When he saw it, he would stretch and say: ‘O Allah, I praise You and seek Your help against Quraysh, that they may uphold Your religion.’ Then he would call the prayer. She said: By Allah, I do not know that he ever omitted saying it on a single night.