Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 201
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ لاَ يُنَادِي بِالصَّلاَةِ إِلاَّ مُتَوَضِّئٌ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ الأَوَّلِ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ لَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ وَهُوَ أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ . وَالزُّهْرِيُّ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ . وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي الأَذَانِ عَلَى غَيْرِ وُضُوءٍ فَكَرِهَهُ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَإِسْحَاقُ . وَرَخَّصَ فِي ذَلِكَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَحْمَدُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yaḥyā ibn Mūsā narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb narrated to us, from Yūnus, from Ibn Shihāb, who said: Abū Hurayrah said, “No one should call people to prayer unless he has performed ablution.” Abū ʿĪsā said: This is more authentic than the first hadith. Abū ʿĪsā said: Ibn Wahb did not attribute the hadith of Abū Hurayrah to the Prophet (ﷺ), and this is more authentic than the report of al-Walīd ibn Muslim. Al-Zuhrī did not hear directly from Abū Hurayrah. Scholars differed about calling the adhān without ablution: some disliked it, including al-Shāfiʿī and Isḥāq; others allowed it, including Sufyān al-Thawrī, Ibn al-Mubārak, and Aḥmad.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ لَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ وَهُوَ أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ .
The compiler prefers the non-prophetic attribution through Ibn Wahb to the raised version through al-Walīd ibn Muslim, and notes that al-Zuhrī did not hear directly from Abū Hurayrah.
No decision requested; the transmission levels and preference are distinguished.
وَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي الأَذَانِ عَلَى غَيْرِ وُضُوءٍ فَكَرِهَهُ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَإِسْحَاقُ .
The source records different scholarly rulings on calling the adhān without ablution.
No decision requested; each position is attributed to its scholars.