al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 285
✧ The Imam Should Not Be the Mu'adhdhin
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حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى، أَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ شُبَيْلِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، قَالَ:
إِنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ لِجُلَسَائِهِ: « مَنْ مُؤَذِّنُكُمْ ؟ » قَالُوا: عَبِيدُنَا وَمَوَالِينَا، قَالَ: « مَوَالِينَا وَعَبِيدُنَا، إِنَّ ذَلِكَ بِكُمْ لَنَقْصٌ كَثِيرٌ
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- ʿĪsá
- Ismāʿīl
- Shubayl b. ʿAwf
✧ Umar ؓ said to his sitting companions: "Who is your mu'adhdhin?" They said: "Our slaves and freedmen." He said: "Our freedmen and our slaves. That is a great deficiency for you."
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