Volume 1, Book 11, Number 587:
Narrated Yahya as above (586) and added:
“Some of my companions told me that Hisham had said, “When the Mu’adhdhin said, “Haiya alas-
sala(t) (come for the prayer).” Muawiya said, “La hawla wala quwata illa billah (There is neither
might nor any power except with Allah)” and added, “We heard your Prophet saying the same.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 588:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever after listening to the Adhan says, ‘Allahumma Rabba hadhihi-d-da’
watit-tammati was-salatil qa’imati, ati Muhammadan al-wasilata wal-fadilata, wab’ athhu maqa –
man mahmudan-il-ladhi wa’ adtahu (O Allah! Lord of this perfect call (of not ascribing partners to
You) and of the regular prayer which is going to be established! Kindly give Muhammad the right of
intercession and superiority and send him (on the Day of Judgment) to the best and the highest place
in Paradise which You promised him)’, then intercession for me will be permitted for him on the Day
of Resurrection”).
Volume 1, Book 10, Number 573:
Narrated Abu-l-Minhal:
My father and I went to Abi Barza Al-Aslami and my father said to him, “Tell us how Allah’s
Apostle used to offer the compulsory congregational prayers.” He said, “He used to pray the Zuhr
prayer, which you call the first prayer, as the sun declined at noon, the ‘Asr at a time when one of US
could go to his family at the farthest place in Medina while the sun was still hot. (The narrator forgot
what Abu Barza had said about the Maghrib prayer), and the Prophet preferred to pray the ‘Isha’ late
and disliked to sleep before it or talk after it. And he used to return after finishing the morning pray –
er at such a time when it was possible for one to recognize the person sitting by his side and he (the
Prophet) used to recite 60 to 100 ‘Ayat’ (verses) of the Qur’an in it.”
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Volume 1, Book 10, Number 574:
Narrated Qurra bin Khalid:
Once he waited for Al-Hasan and he did not show up till it was about the usual time for him to
start his speech; then he came and apologized saying, “Our neighbors invited us.” Then he added,
“Narrated Anas, ‘Once we waited for the Prophet till it was midnight or about midnight. He came and
led the prayer, and after finishing it, he addressed us and said, ‘All the people prayed and then slept
and you had been in prayer as long as you were waiting for it.” Al-Hasan said, “The people are re –
garded as performing good deeds as long as they are waiting for doing good deeds.” Al-Hasan’s state –
ment is a portion of Anas’s Hadith from the Prophet .
Volume 1, Book 10, Number 575:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
The Prophet prayed one of the’lsha’ prayer in his last days and after finishing it with Taslim, he
stood up and said, “Do you realize (the importance of) this night? Nobody present on the surface of
the earth to-night would be living after the completion of one hundred years from this night.”
The people made a mistake in grasping the meaning of this statement of Allah’s Apostle and they
indulged in those things which are said about these narrators (i.e. some said that the Day of Resur –
rection will be established after 100 years etc.) But the Prophet said, “Nobody present on the surface
of earth tonight would be living after the completion of 100 years from this night”; he meant “When
that century (people of that century) would pass away.”
Volume 1, Book 10, Number 576:
Narrated Abu ‘Uthman:
‘Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr said, “The Suffa Companions were poor people and the Prophet said,
‘Whoever has food for two persons should take a third one from them (Suffa companions). And who –
soever has food for four persons he should take one or two from them’ Abu Bakr took three men and
the Prophet took ten of them.”
‘Abdur Rahman added, my father my mother and I were there (in the house). (The sub-narrator is
in doubt whether ‘Abdur Rahman also said, ‘My wife and our servant who was common for both my
house and Abu Bakr’s house). Abu Bakr took his supper with the Prophet and remained there till the
‘Isha’ prayer was offered. Abu Bakr went back and stayed with the Prophet till the Prophet took his
meal and then Abu Bakr returned to his house after a long portion of the night had passed. Abu
Bakr’s wife said, ‘What detained you from your guests (or guest)?’ He said, ‘Have you not served them
yet?’ She said, ‘They refused to eat until you come. The food was served for them but they refused.”
‘Abdur Rahman added, “I went away and hid myself (being afraid of Abu Bakr) and in the meantime
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he (Abu Bakr) called me, ‘O Ghunthar (a harsh word)!’ and also called me bad names and abused me
and then said (to his family), ‘Eat. No welcome for you.’ Then (the supper was served). Abu Bakr took
an oath that he would not eat that food. The narrator added: By Allah, whenever any one of us (my –
self and the guests of Suffa companions) took anything from the food, it increased from underneath.
We all ate to our fill and the food was more than it was before its serving.
Abu Bakr looked at it (the food) and found it as it was before serving or even more than that. He
addressed his wife (saying) ‘O the sister of Bani Firas! What is this?’ She said, ‘O the pleasure of my
eyes! The food is now three times more than it was before.’ Abu Bakr ate from it, and said, ‘That
(oath) was from Satan’ meaning his oath (not to eat). Then he again took a morsel (mouthful) from it
and then took the rest of it to the Prophet. So that meal was with the Prophet. There was a treaty
between us and some people, and when the period of that treaty had elapsed the Prophet divided us
into twelve (groups) (the Prophet’s companions) each being headed by a man. Allah knows how
many men were under the command of each (leader). So all of them (12 groups of men) ate of that
meal.”
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Book 11: Call to Prayers (Adhaan)
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 577:
Narrated Anas:
The people mentioned the fire and the bell (they suggested those as signals to indicate the starting
of prayers), and by that they mentioned the Jews and the Christians. Then Bilal was ordered to pro –
nounce Adhan for the prayer by saying its wordings twice, and for the Iqama (the call for the actual
standing for the prayers in rows) by saying its wordings once. (Iqama is pronounced when the
people are ready for the prayer).
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 578:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
When the Muslims arrived at Medina, they used to assemble for the prayer, and used to guess the
time for it. During those days, the practice of Adhan for the prayers had not been introduced yet.
Once they discussed this problem regarding the call for prayer. Some people suggested the use of a
bell like the Christians, others proposed a trumpet like the horn used by the Jews, but ‘Umar was the
first to suggest that a man should call (the people) for the prayer; so Allah’s Apostle ordered Bilal to
get up and pronounce the Adhan for prayers.