We seek clarification of his statement: “And there was nothing between the adhan of Bilal and that of Ibn Umm Maktum except that this one would descend and this one would ascend,” and his statement: “And he would not call the adhan until it was said to him: It is morning, it is morning.”
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The questioner : According to the Sunnah, regarding the hadith of the return, to the hadith If the difference between “this one descending” and “this one ascending” means the difference is five minutes or less than that?
The Shaykh : And praise be to Allah, it is better without a difference, better without a difference.
The questioner : One of the commentators ... said that when Bilal saw the dawn, he would inform Ibn Umm Maktum.
The Shaykh : Correct. This is correct, and I mentioned it just now. He was a blind man, and he would not call the adhan until it was said to him: It is morning, it is morning. But this waiting, do you think it was an hour? No, you do not know if it was an hour, but you do not know it precisely. I agree with you, but it is an approximate matter.
The questioner : Fifty verses, it is not reported ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The amount of fifty verses, fifty verses?
The Shaykh : No, that ... is at the Fajr prayer ..
The questioner : Between the adhan and the iqamah ... .
The Shaykh : There is no specification that this which came in this hadith, but the waiting of Ibn Maktum cannot be estimated as an hour or half an hour, it is close to that ... .
The questioner : Can it be interpreted, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : ... which you mentioned from some scholars is in its place, but estimation is never resorted to based on mere suspicion, but rather as he said: we circle around it, yes.
The questioner : Can it be interpreted, O Shaykh? One descends to call the adhan first, then descends to eat the suhur, then the other ascends, meaning?
The Shaykh : It is not possible, because this is an addition to the text. There was nothing between the two adhans except the amount of time it takes for this one to descend and this one to ascend. But ... which the brother mentioned is entirely possible ... .
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Was it reported in the first adhan ... the false dawn?
The Shaykh : No, it is not reported, it has no relation to the false dawn. But it was reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said in some hadiths extending like this in the sky. And it is this light extending in the horizon, the light that appears like this, that is called in the language of jurists the false dawn. But in the Sunnah, there is nothing except this.
Bilal does not prevent you
لا يمنعكم بلالThe Shaykh : And praise be to Allah, it is better without a difference, better without a difference.
The questioner : One of the commentators ... said that when Bilal saw the dawn, he would inform Ibn Umm Maktum.
The Shaykh : Correct. This is correct, and I mentioned it just now. He was a blind man, and he would not call the adhan until it was said to him: It is morning, it is morning. But this waiting, do you think it was an hour? No, you do not know if it was an hour, but you do not know it precisely. I agree with you, but it is an approximate matter.
The questioner : Fifty verses, it is not reported ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The amount of fifty verses, fifty verses?
The Shaykh : No, that ... is at the Fajr prayer ..
The questioner : Between the adhan and the iqamah ... .
The Shaykh : There is no specification that this which came in this hadith, but the waiting of Ibn Maktum cannot be estimated as an hour or half an hour, it is close to that ... .
The questioner : Can it be interpreted, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : ... which you mentioned from some scholars is in its place, but estimation is never resorted to based on mere suspicion, but rather as he said: we circle around it, yes.
The questioner : Can it be interpreted, O Shaykh? One descends to call the adhan first, then descends to eat the suhur, then the other ascends, meaning?
The Shaykh : It is not possible, because this is an addition to the text. There was nothing between the two adhans except the amount of time it takes for this one to descend and this one to ascend. But ... which the brother mentioned is entirely possible ... .
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Was it reported in the first adhan ... the false dawn?
The Shaykh : No, it is not reported, it has no relation to the false dawn. But it was reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said in some hadiths