Continuation of the discussion on the two adhan calls for Fajr and the transmission of al-San'ani's words on the matter.

The Shaykh : Here, al-Sayyid Sabiq says: "It is prescribed for the mu'adhdhin to perform al-tathwib, which is to say in the adhan for the dawn prayer - after the two 'Hayya 'ala al-falah' phrases:

Prayer is better than sleep. Abu Mahdhura said: O Messenger of Allah, teach me the Sunnah of the adhan? So he taught him and said: If it is the dawn prayer, say: Prayer is better than sleep, prayer is better than sleep.

الصلاة خير من النوم، قال أبو محذورة: يا رسول الله: علمني سنة الأذان؟ فعلمه وقال: فإن كان صلاة الصبح قلت: الصلاةُ خير من النوم، الصلاة خير من النوم

Narrated by Ahmad and Abu Dawud."
"I said: Al-tathwib is only prescribed in the first adhan for the dawn, which takes place before the time enters by approximately a quarter of an hour, based on the hadith of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

In the first adhan, after "Hayya 'ala al-falah": Prayer is better than sleep, twice.

كان في الأذان الأول بعد الفلاح: الصلاة خير من النوم مرتين

Narrated by al-Bayhaqi - for this reason I asked you for *Sunan al-Bayhaqi* -

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and likewise al-Tahawi in *Sharh al-Ma'ani*

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. Its chain of narration is good, as the Hafiz said. The hadith of Abu Mahdhura is general and includes both adhans, but the second adhan is not intended, because it was restricted in the other narration with the wording:

And when you call the first adhan of the dawn, say: Prayer is better than sleep, prayer is better than sleep.

وإذا أذنت بالأول من الصبح فقل: الصلاة خير من النوم، الصلاة خير من النوم

Sunan ad-Daraqutni 3:55

. It was narrated by Abu Dawud, al-Nasa'i, al-Tahawi, and others, and it is included in *Sahih Abu Dawud*. Thus, his hadith agreed with the hadith of Ibn 'Umar. For this reason, al-San'ani said in *Subul al-Salam*, following al-Nasa'i's wording: "In this is a restriction of what the narrations generalized." Ibn Ruslan said: "Ibn Khuzaymah authenticated this narration." He said: "The lawfulness of al-tathwib is only in the first adhan for Fajr, because it is to wake the sleeper, whereas the second adhan is to announce the entry of the time and to call to prayer." This ends from *Takhrij al-Zarkashi li-Ahadith al-Rafi'i*. Similarly, in *Sunan al-Bayhaqi al-Kubra*, from Abu Mahdhura: that he used to perform al-tathwib in the first adhan of the dawn by the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
I said: And on this basis,

The prayer is better than sleep

الصلاة خير من النوم

Sunan Ibn Majah 716Da'if (Darussalam)

is not among the prescribed words of the adhan for calling to prayer and announcing the entry of its time, but rather it is among the words prescribed to wake the sleeper, so it is like the final words of tasbih that people have become accustomed to in these later ages as a substitute for the first adhan." This is all the words of al-San'ani.
And you see that the two narrations, the narration of Abu Mahdhura and the narration of Ibn 'Umar, do not suggest to the mind: unless the adhan for Fajr were like the adhan for the other prayers. In that case, this interpretation would be necessary. But since the Fajr prayer is distinguished from the other prayers by the lawfulness of two adhans, the knowledgeable Companion who knew these two adhans said: which does not occur to anyone's mind as referring to the second adhan. This is truly a distant interpretation that is not valid to resort to.