The place of the phrase "Prayer is better than sleep" in the adhan
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is said that the addition of "Prayer is better than sleep" was in Bilal's adhan, which is the first adhan, and it was not in Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum's adhan. Based on that, is "Prayer is better than sleep" said in the second adhan?
Answer:
Yes, it is in the second adhan, not the first. This phrase is said in the second adhan.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is said that the addition of "Prayer is better than sleep" was in Bilal's adhan, which is the first adhan, and it was not in Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum's adhan. Based on that, is "Prayer is better than sleep" said in the second adhan?
Answer:
Yes, it is in the second adhan, not the first. This phrase is said in the second adhan.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب رفع الصوت بالأذان — islamhouse.com (1:05:39)
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