Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 626

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ حِينَ قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ يَجْتَمِعُونَ فَيَتَحَيَّنُونَ الصَّلاَةَ وَلَيْسَ يُنَادِي بِهَا أَحَدٌ فَتَكَلَّمُوا يَوْمًا فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ اتَّخِذُوا نَاقُوسًا مِثْلَ نَاقُوسِ النَّصَارَى ‏.‏ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَلْ قَرْنًا مِثْلَ قَرْنِ الْيَهُودِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رضى الله عنه أَوَلاَ تَبْعَثُونَ رَجُلاً يُنَادِي بِالصَّلاَةِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ يَا بِلاَلُ قُمْ فَنَادِ بِالصَّلاَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Isma'il and Ibrahim ibn al-Hasan reported to us. They said: Hajjaj narrated to us. He said: Ibn Jurayj said, Nafi' informed me, from 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar, who used to say: When the Muslims came to Madinah, they would gather and watch for the time of prayer, but no one called them to it. One day they discussed this. Some said, 'Let us use a bell like the Christians' bell.' Others said, 'Rather, a horn like the Jews' horn.' 'Umar said, 'Why don't you send a man to call the people to prayer?' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, 'Bilal, get up and call the people to prayer.'