Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 793
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ بَيَانٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، أَنْبَأَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " مَنْ سَمِعَ النِّدَاءَ فَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ فَلاَ صَلاَةَ لَهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ عُذْرٍ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
'Abd al-Hamid ibn Bayan al-Wasiti informed us: Hushaym informed us, from Shu'bah, from 'Adi ibn Thabit, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘Whoever hears the call and does not come to it, there is no prayer for him except with an excuse.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
فَلاَ صَلاَةَ لَهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ عُذْرٍ
The statement is categorical, with an explicit exception for an excuse; its legal force is not specified in this wording.
Should the literal formulation be retained without adding a legal interpretation?