Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 707
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ اسْتَشَارَ النَّاسَ لِمَا يُهِمُّهُمْ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَذَكَرُوا الْبُوقَ فَكَرِهَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْيَهُودِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرُوا النَّاقُوسَ فَكَرِهَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ النَّصَارَى فَأُرِيَ النِّدَاءَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَطَرَقَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ لَيْلاً فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِلاَلاً بِهِ فَأَذَّنَ . قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَزَادَ بِلاَلٌ فِي نِدَاءِ صَلاَةِ الْغَدَاةِ الصَّلاَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ فَأَقَرَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ . قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي رَأَى وَلَكِنَّهُ سَبَقَنِي .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn 'Abdullah al-Wasiti narrated to us: My father narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from his father, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) consulted the people about what concerned them regarding the call to prayer. They mentioned the horn, but he disliked it because of the Jews. Then they mentioned the bell, but he disliked it because of the Christians. That night, the call was shown in a dream to a man of the Ansar named 'Abdullah ibn Zayd and to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab. The Ansari came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at night, and the Messenger of Allah ordered Bilal to use it; Bilal called the prayer. Al-Zuhri said: Bilal added ‘Prayer is better than sleep’ to the call for the dawn prayer, and the Messenger of Allah approved it. 'Umar said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I saw the same as he did, but he reached you before me.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic describes 'Umar as having seen the same vision but being preceded in reporting it by 'Abdullah ibn Zayd.