Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 712
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى الْحِمْصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ أَبِي رَوَّادٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " خَصْلَتَانِ مُعَلَّقَتَانِ فِي أَعْنَاقِ الْمُؤَذِّنِينَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ صَلاَتُهُمْ وَصِيَامُهُمْ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn al-Musaffa al-Himsi narrated to us: Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Marwan ibn Salim, from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Rawwad, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Two matters are entrusted to the necks of the callers to prayer on behalf of the Muslims: their prayer and their fasting.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The metaphor of matters hanging from the muezzins' necks is retained literally.