Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 709
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنْ عَامِرٍ الأَحْوَلِ، أَنَّ مَكْحُولاً، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مُحَيْرِيزٍ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا مَحْذُورَةَ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ الأَذَانَ تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ كَلِمَةً وَالإِقَامَةَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ كَلِمَةً الأَذَانُ " اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ حَىَّ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ حَىَّ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ حَىَّ عَلَى الْفَلاَحِ حَىَّ عَلَى الْفَلاَحِ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ " . وَالإِقَامَةُ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ كَلِمَةً " اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ حَىَّ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ حَىَّ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ حَىَّ عَلَى الْفَلاَحِ حَىَّ عَلَى الْفَلاَحِ قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلاَةُ قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلاَةُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: 'Affan narrated to us: Hammam ibn Yahya narrated to us, from 'Amir al-Ahwal, that Makhul related to him that 'Abdullah ibn Muhayriz related to him that Abu Mahdhurah related to him, saying: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught me the call to prayer as nineteen phrases and the iqamah as seventeen phrases. The call to prayer is: ‘Allah is the Greatest’ four times; ‘I bear witness that there is no god but Allah’ twice; ‘I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’ twice; then ‘I bear witness that there is no god but Allah’ twice; ‘I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’ twice; ‘Come to prayer’ twice; ‘Come to salvation’ twice; ‘Allah is the Greatest’ twice; and ‘There is no god but Allah’ once. The iqamah is seventeen phrases: ‘Allah is the Greatest’ four times; ‘I bear witness that there is no god but Allah’ twice; ‘I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’ twice; ‘Come to prayer’ twice; ‘Come to salvation’ twice; ‘The prayer is about to begin’ twice; ‘Allah is the Greatest’ twice; and ‘There is no god but Allah’ once.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source explicitly gives counts of nineteen phrases for the adhan and seventeen for the iqamah, and repeats the testimonies in a sequence that is retained.
الأَذَانُ " اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ أَشْهَدُ
The source's adhan sequence contains a repeated set of testimonies after the first set, as well as the stated total count of nineteen phrases.
Should this sequence be reviewed against the manuscript tradition while retaining the source's exact repetitions?