Volume 2, Book 13, Number 24:
Narrated Muhammad bin Sirin:
On a rainy day Ibn Abbas said to his Muadh-dhin, “After saying, ‘Ash-hadu anna Muhammadan
Rasulullah’ (I testify that Muhammad is Allah’s Apostle), do not say ‘Haiya ‘Alas-Salat’ (come for the
prayer) but say ‘Pray in your houses’.” (The man did so). But the people disliked it. Ibn Abbas said, “It
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was done by one who was much better than I (i.e. the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ). No doubt, the Jumua prayer
is compulsory but I dislike to put you to task by bringing you out walking in mud and slush.”