Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1132b
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنِ الأَشْعَثِ قَالَ إِذَا سَمِعَ الصَّارِخَ قَامَ فَصَلَّى.
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Ash‘ath said: When he heard the caller, he would rise and pray.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنِ الأَشْعَثِ قَالَ إِذَا سَمِعَ الصَّارِخَ قَامَ فَصَلَّى.
The Arabic does not explicitly repeat the subject in this short report; ‘he’ is implied, and al-sārik literally means the caller. The witness identifies it as the Prophet hearing a cock crow.
Should the implied subject and ‘caller’ be made explicit as the Prophet rising when he hears the call, or should the witness’s rooster-crow interpretation be used?