Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 198
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ بِلاَلٍ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تُثَوِّبَنَّ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ إِلاَّ فِي صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي مَحْذُورَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ بِلاَلٍ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُلاَئِيِّ . وَأَبُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مِنَ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا رَوَاهُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ . وَأَبُو إِسْرَائِيلَ اسْمُهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ بِذَاكَ الْقَوِيِّ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ . وَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي تَفْسِيرِ التَّثْوِيبِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ التَّثْوِيبُ أَنْ يَقُولَ فِي أَذَانِ الْفَجْرِ الصَّلاَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَحْمَدَ . وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ فِي التَّثْوِيبِ غَيْرَ هَذَا قَالَ التَّثْوِيبُ الْمَكْرُوهُ هُوَ شَيْءٌ أَحْدَثَهُ النَّاسُ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَاسْتَبْطَأَ الْقَوْمَ قَالَ بَيْنَ الأَذَانِ وَالإِقَامَةِ قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلاَةُ حَىَّ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ حَىَّ عَلَى الْفَلاَحِ . قَالَ وَهَذَا الَّذِي قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ هُوَ التَّثْوِيبُ الَّذِي قَدْ كَرِهَهُ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ وَالَّذِي أَحْدَثُوهُ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَالَّذِي فَسَّرَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَحْمَدُ أَنَّ التَّثْوِيبَ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فِي أَذَانِ الْفَجْرِ الصَّلاَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ وَهُوَ قَوْلٌ صَحِيحٌ وَيُقَالُ لَهُ التَّثْوِيبُ أَيْضًا وَهُوَ الَّذِي اخْتَارَهُ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ وَرَأَوْهُ . وَرُوِيَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ الصَّلاَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ . وَرُوِيَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ مَسْجِدًا وَقَدْ أُذِّنَ فِيهِ وَنَحْنُ نُرِيدُ أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ فَثَوَّبَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ فَخَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَقَالَ اخْرُجْ بِنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ هَذَا الْمُبْتَدِعِ . وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ فِيهِ . قَالَ وَإِنَّمَا كَرِهَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ التَّثْوِيبَ الَّذِي أَحْدَثَهُ النَّاسُ بَعْدُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Aḥmad ibn Manīʿ narrated to us: Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī narrated to us: Abū Isrāʾīl narrated to us, from al-Ḥakam, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Laylā, from Bilāl, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: “Do not say the tathwīb for any prayer except the Fajr prayer.” There is also a report on this topic from Abū Maḥdhūrah. Abū ʿĪsā said: We know the hadith of Bilāl only through the report of Abū Isrāʾīl al-Mulāʾī. Abū Isrāʾīl did not hear this hadith from al-Ḥakam ibn ʿUtaybah; rather, he reported it from al-Ḥasan ibn ʿUmārah, from al-Ḥakam ibn ʿUtaybah. Abū Isrāʾīl’s name was Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Isḥāq, and he is not particularly strong according to hadith scholars. Scholars differed about the meaning of tathwīb. Some said it is saying “Prayer is better than sleep” in the Fajr adhān; this was the view of Ibn al-Mubārak and Aḥmad. Isḥāq gave a different interpretation: the disliked tathwīb is something people introduced after the Prophet (ﷺ). When the caller gives the adhān and sees that people are slow to come, he says between the adhān and iqāmah, “The prayer has begun; come to prayer, come to success.” Abū ʿĪsā said: The form Isḥāq described is the tathwīb that scholars disliked, which people introduced after the Prophet (ﷺ). Ibn al-Mubārak and Aḥmad, however, explained tathwīb as the caller saying “Prayer is better than sleep” in the Fajr adhān. This is the correct view; it is also called tathawwub, and it is the form scholars chose and held. It is reported that ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar used to say “Prayer is better than sleep” for Fajr. It is reported from Mujāhid that he said: I entered a mosque with ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar after the adhān had been called. We wanted to pray there, but when the caller said the tathwīb, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar left the mosque and said, “Let us leave this innovator,” and he did not pray there. Abū ʿĪsā said: ʿAbd Allāh disliked only the tathwīb that people introduced later.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي تَفْسِيرِ التَّثْوِيبِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ التَّثْوِيبُ أَنْ يَقُولَ فِي أَذَانِ الْفَجْرِ الصَّلاَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَحْمَدَ .
The source explicitly records two interpretations: the Fajr phrase ‘Prayer is better than sleep’ and a later-added announcement between adhān and iqāmah. The compiler prefers the first as the correct meaning here, while explaining Ibn ʿUmar’s objection as directed at the later innovation.
No decision requested; both interpretations and the compiler’s resolution are preserved.
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ بِلاَلٍ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُلاَئِيِّ .
The compiler says the only known route is through Abū Isrāʾīl, who did not directly hear it from al-Ḥakam and instead transmitted through al-Ḥasan ibn ʿUmārah; he also describes Abū Isrāʾīl as not strong.
No decision requested; the chain caveat is rendered as stated.