The phrase “Prayer is better than sleep” in the first adhan
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The mu’adhdhin of our mosque calls out and says, “Prayer is better than sleep.” He says it in the first adhan, but he does not say it in the second adhan, which is the correct adhan for Fajr. He says the issue is a matter of scholarly disagreement.
Answer:
No, no, there is no disagreement. “Prayer is better than sleep” is in the last adhan, not the first. He is misleading the people. This misleads the people into thinking that the time for Fajr has entered, when it has not; the first adhan does not include “Prayer is better than sleep.” Yes. Where did he get this disagreement from? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The mu’adhdhin of our mosque calls out and says, “Prayer is better than sleep.” He says it in the first adhan, but he does not say it in the second adhan, which is the correct adhan for Fajr. He says the issue is a matter of scholarly disagreement.
Answer:
No, no, there is no disagreement. “Prayer is better than sleep” is in the last adhan, not the first. He is misleading the people. This misleads the people into thinking that the time for Fajr has entered, when it has not; the first adhan does not include “Prayer is better than sleep.” Yes. Where did he get this disagreement from? Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب تحريم قتل الصيد وضمانه بنظيره — islamhouse.com (1:00:45)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.