Continuation of the discussion on the issue of the Fajr adhan and when it is said: "Prayer is better than sleep"
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The Shaykh : After I quoted the words of al-San'ani, which are good and sound, I said: "And the reason I lengthened the discussion of this issue is that the practice of most mu'adhdhins in the Islamic lands is contrary to the Sunnah in this matter first, and that few authors have explicitly stated it second, for the majority of them, and those who follow them like Sayyid Sabiq, limit themselves to a general statement about it and do not clarify that it is in the first adhan". Did you hear what Sayyid Sabiq said: "And it is prescribed for the mu'adhdhin to say the tathwib, which is that he says in the adhan of the Fajr". Which adhan?
He passed over the clarification, because the reality is that this is one of the well-known issues that are contrary to the Sunnah. Therefore, I said in the completion of the discussion:
"And secondly, because few authors have explicitly stated it, for the majority of them, and those who follow them like Sayyid Sabiq, limit themselves to a general statement about it and do not clarify that it is in the first adhan of the Fajr, as that came explicitly in the authentic hadiths, contrary to the clarification mentioned earlier by Ibn Ruslan and al-San'ani, may Allah reward them with good.
And from what has preceded, it becomes clear that placing the tathwib in the second adhan is a religious innovation that contradicts the Sunnah, and the contradiction increases when they completely ignore the first adhan and insist on the tathwib in the second. How fitting for them is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:61], [Al-Baqarah 2:102].
A note: Al-Tahawi said, after mentioning the aforementioned hadiths of Abu Mazhura and Ibn 'Umar, which are explicit regarding the tathwib in the first adhan: "And this is the opinion of Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf, and Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on them)".
And therefore, I want to say a final word, and this is in the context of deepening one's understanding of the religion:
It is supposed that the Muslims, truly, when the mu'adhdhin calls the second adhan for the Fajr prayer, should be awake and not sleeping. So what is the meaning of the mu'adhdhin saying in the second adhan:? This means normalizing the entire Islamic world to remain sleeping until they hear the second adhan. Therefore, they are told: "Prayer is better than sleep". It is not reasonable; its reasonableness is that it should be in the first adhan. Therefore, he said: Sahih Muslim 1094b.
He passed over the clarification, because the reality is that this is one of the well-known issues that are contrary to the Sunnah. Therefore, I said in the completion of the discussion:
"And secondly, because few authors have explicitly stated it, for the majority of them, and those who follow them like Sayyid Sabiq, limit themselves to a general statement about it and do not clarify that it is in the first adhan of the Fajr, as that came explicitly in the authentic hadiths, contrary to the clarification mentioned earlier by Ibn Ruslan and al-San'ani, may Allah reward them with good.
And from what has preceded, it becomes clear that placing the tathwib in the second adhan is a religious innovation that contradicts the Sunnah, and the contradiction increases when they completely ignore the first adhan and insist on the tathwib in the second. How fitting for them is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Would you exchange what is better for what is less?
أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ الَّذِي هُوَ أَدْنَى بِالَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌif they only knew.
لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَA note: Al-Tahawi said, after mentioning the aforementioned hadiths of Abu Mazhura and Ibn 'Umar, which are explicit regarding the tathwib in the first adhan: "And this is the opinion of Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf, and Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on them)".
And therefore, I want to say a final word, and this is in the context of deepening one's understanding of the religion:
It is supposed that the Muslims, truly, when the mu'adhdhin calls the second adhan for the Fajr prayer, should be awake and not sleeping. So what is the meaning of the mu'adhdhin saying in the second adhan: