Sunan Ibn Majah 707

Translation

The Prophet consulted the people as to how he could call them to the prayer. They suggested a horn, but he disliked that because of the Jews (because the Jews used a horn). Then they suggested a bell but he disliked that because of the Christians (because the Christians used a bell). Then that night the call to the prayer was shown in a dream to a man among the Ansar whose name was 'Abdullah bin Zaid, and to 'Umar bin Khattab. The Ansari man came to the Messenger of Allah at night, and the Messenger of Allah commanded Bilal to give the call to the prayer. (Da'if)Zuhri said: "Bilal added the phrase "As-salatu khairum minan-nawm (the prayer is better than sleep)" to the call for the morning prayer, and the Messenger of Allah approved of that." 'Umar said: "O Messenger of Allah, I saw the same as he did, but he beat me to it."

Notes

• قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَزَادَ بِلاَلٌ فِي نِدَاءِ صَلاَةِ الْغَدَاةِ الصَّلاَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ فَأَقَرَّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ. قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي رَأَى وَلَكِنَّهُ سَبَقَنِي

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• Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī

  وإسناده ضعيف جدا

  machine translationIts chain of transmission is very weak (ḍaʿīf jiddan). Report a problem

  in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 756
• ابن شاهين

  حديث غريب إن كان عبد الرحمن حفظه

  in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 756
• al-Tirmidhi

  حسن صحيح غريب من حديث ابن عمر

  in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 756
• محمد بن إسحاق ابن منده

  هذا إسناد مجمع على صحته

  in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 756

Other narrations of this report

Sunan Ibn Majah 706Musnad Ahmad 22124Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 1791al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 1995al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 2039

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   عن
2. 2
   Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   He was reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid) and virtuous (fāḍil); he resembled his father in conduct (hady) and demeanor (samt)d. 105 AH or 106 AH or 107 AH or 108 AH, and the correct one is the first
   سَالِمٍكان ثبتا عابدا فاضلا ، كان يشبه بأبيه في الهدي والسمت
   عن
3. 3
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   الزُّهْرِيِّالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   عن
4. 4
   ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Isḥāq

   truthful (ṣadūq), accused of belief in qadard. between 141 AH and 150 AH
   عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَصدوق رمي بالقدر
   عن
5. 5
   Khālid

   trustworthy (thiqah), firm (thabt).d. 179 AH, or 182 AH, also said: 183 AH.
   أَبِيثقة ثبت.
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Muḥammad b. Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh

   weak (ḍaʿīf)d. 240 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّضعيف
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Ibn Mājah

   one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AH
   ابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ

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