Sunan Abi Dawud

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

كتاب الصلاة

Chapter 184: The Mu'adhdhin Should Turn Around While Calling The Adhan

فِي الْمُؤَذِّنِ يَسْتَدِيرُ فِي أَذَانِهِ

Sunan Abi Dawud 520
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Abu Juhaifah reported

He then made a call to prayer. When he reached the words “ come to prayer, come to salvation”. He turned his neck right and left, respectively; he did not turn himself (with his whole body). He then entered (his house) and came out with a lancet. The narrator then reported the rest of the tradition.

Chapter 185: Regarding The Supplication Between The Adhan And The Iqamah

مَا جَاءَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ بَيْنَ الأَذَانِ وَالإِقَامَةِ

Sunan Abi Dawud 521
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Narrated Anas ibn Malik

The supplication made between the adhan and the iqamah is not rejected.

Chapter 186: What Should Be Said When One Hears The Mu'adhdhin

مَا يَقُولُ إِذَا سَمِعَ الْمُؤَذِّنَ

Sunan Abi Dawud 522
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying

When you hear the Adhan, you should repeat the same words as the mu’adhdhin pronounces.

Sunan Abi Dawud 523
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‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amr b. al-As reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying

when you hear the mu'adhdhin repeat what he says, invoke a blessing on me, for everyone who invoke one blessing on me will receive ten blessings from Allah. Then ask Allah to give me the wasilah, which is a rank in paradise fitting for only one of Allah’s servants, and I hope that I may be the one. If anyone asks Allah that I be given the wasilah, he will be assured of my intercession.

Sunan Abi Dawud 524
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Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As

A man said: Messenger of Allah, the mu'adhdhins excel us. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Say (the same words) as they say, and when you come to the end, make a petition and that will be granted to you.

Sunan Abi Dawud 525
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Sa’d b. Abi Waqqas reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying

If anyone says when he hears the MU’ADHDHIN : “And I testify that there is no god but Allah alone who has no partner and that Muhammad is His servant and Apostle: I am satisfied with Allah as lord, with Muhammad as apostle and with Islam as religion”, he will be forgiven.

Sunan Abi Dawud 526
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‘A’ishah said that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard the MU’ADHDHIN uttering the testimony, he would say

“And I too, and I too”.

Sunan Abi Dawud 527
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‘Umar b. al-khattab reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; When the MU’ADHDHIN says

“Allah is most great, Allah is most great”, and one of you says in response: “Allah is most great”, Allah is most great; then says: “ I testify tht there is no god but Allah”, and he says in response: “I testify that there is no god but Allah”, then say:” I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”, and he makes the response: “ I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”, then says: “Come to prayer”, and he makes the response: “There is no might and no power except in Allah”: then says: “ Allah is most great, Allah is most great”, and he makes the response: “Allah is most great”, then says: “There is no god but Allah”, if he says this from his heart, he enter Paradise.

Chapter 187: What Should Be Said Upon Hearing The Iqamah

مَا يَقُولُ إِذَا سَمِعَ الإِقَامَةَ

Sunan Abi Dawud 528
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Narrated AbuUmamah, or one of the Companion of the Prophet

Bilal began the Iqamah, and when he said: "The time for prayer has come," the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "May Allah establish it and cause it to continue."

Chapter 188: What Has Been Narrated Concerning The Supplication Made After The Adhan

مَا جَاءَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ عِنْدَ الأَذَانِ

Sunan Abi Dawud 529
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Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying

if anyone says when he hears the call to prayer : “O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and of the prayer which is established for all time, grant Muhammad the wasilah and excellency, and raise him up in a praiseworthy position which Thou hast promised, he will be assured of my intercession.

Chapter 189: What Should Be Said For The Maghrib Adhan

مَا يَقُولُ عِنْدَ أَذَانِ الْمَغْرِبِ

Sunan Abi Dawud 530
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Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught me to say when the adhan for the sunset prayer was called; "O Allah, this is the time when Thy night comes on, Thy day retires, and the voices of Thy summoners are heard, so forgive me."

Chapter 190: Taking A Stipend For The Adhan

أَخْذِ الأَجْرِ عَلَى التَّأْذِينِ

Sunan Abi Dawud 531
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Narrated Uthman ibn Abul'As

Messenger of Allah, appoint me the leader of the tribe in prayer. He said: You are their leader, but you should follow on who is the weakest of them: and appoint a mu'adhdhin who does not charge for the calling of adhan.

Chapter 191: Calling The Adhan Before Its Time

فِي الأَذَانِ قَبْلَ دُخُولِ الْوَقْتِ

Sunan Abi Dawud 532
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Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar

Bilal made a call to prayer before the break of dawn; the Prophet (ﷺ), therefore, commanded him to return and make a call: Lo! the servant of Allah (i.e. I) had slept (hence this mistake).

The version of Musa has the addition: He returned and made a call: Lo! the servant of Allah had slept.

Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by al-Darawardi from 'Ubaid Allah on the authority of Ibn 'Umar saying: There was a mu'adhdhin of 'Umar, named Mas'ud. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. This version is more correct than that one.

Sunan Abi Dawud 533
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Nafi' reported

Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by al-Darawardi from ‘Ubaid Allah on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, saying: there was a mu'adhdhin of ‘Umar, named Mas’ud. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. This version is more correct than one.

Sunan Abi Dawud 534
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Narrated Bilal

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Bilal: Do not call adhan until the dawn appears clearly to you in this way, stretching his hand in latitude.

Abu Dawud said: Shaddad did not see Bilal.

Chapter 192: The Adhan Of A Blind Man

الأَذَانِ لِلأَعْمَى

Sunan Abi Dawud 535
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‘A’ishah reported

Ibn Umm Maktum was the mu'adhdhin of the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) and he was blind.

Chapter 193: Leaving The Masjid After The Adhan

الْخُرُوجِ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ بَعْدَ الأَذَانِ

Sunan Abi Dawud 536
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Abu al-Sha’tha said

we were sitting with Abu Hurairah in the mosque. A man went out of the mosque after the ADHAN for the afternoon prayer had been called. Abu Hurairah said: As regards this (man), he disobeyed Abu al-Qasim, the prophet (ﷺ).

Chapter 194: The Mu'adhdhin Should Wait For The Imam

فِي الْمُؤَذِّنِ يَنْتَظِرُ الإِمَامَ

Sunan Abi Dawud 537
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Jabir b. Samurah said

Bilal would call the Adhan, then he used come to wait. When he would see that the prophet (ﷺ) had come out (of his house), he would pronounce the iqama.

Chapter 195: The Tathwib

فِي التَّثْوِيبِ

Sunan Abi Dawud 538
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Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar

Mujahid reported: I was in the company of Ibn Umar. A person invited the people for the noon or afternoon prayer (after the adhan had been called). He said: Go out with us (from this mosque) because this is an innovation (in religion).

Chapter 196: People Sitting After The Iqamah While Waiting For The Imam If He Has Not Come

فِي الصَّلاَةِ تُقَامُ وَلَمْ يَأْتِ الإِمَامُ يَنْتَظِرُونَهُ قُعُودًا

Sunan Abi Dawud 539
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Abu Qatadah reported on the authority of his father

Abu Dawud said: this has been narrated by Ayyub and Hajjaj al-Sawwaf from Yahya and Hisham al-Duatawa’i in a similar way, saying : Yahya wrote to me (in this way). And this has been narrated by Mu’awiyah b. Sallam and ‘Ali b. al-Mubarak from Yahya: “Until you see me and show tranquility”.