The saying "Prayer is better than sleep" in the Fajr prayer?
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The questioner : The saying "Prayer is better than sleep"?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is the second question.
The Shaykh : The second question: "Prayer is better than sleep" did not come in a hadith except in the first adhan, the adhan for Fajr. As for the second adhan, there is no hadith regarding it at all. So, in reality, this is one of the matters in which the Sunnah has been obscured in most countries... One of them is from the hadith of Abu Mahdhura that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he heard his voice and was pleased with it, taught him the adhan. And in his teaching him it, after he had taught him the adhan from its beginning to its end as is known today, without doubt some additions of introductory or concluding phrases in some countries, but rather it begins—as it is in your country, and praise be to Allah: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar—and ends: La ilaha illa Allah. He said to him:Sunan ad-Daraqutni 3:55. This is the first hadith, and it is in "Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah" and "Sunan al-Nasa'i" and other books of the Sunan.
The second hadith: al-Nasa'i also narrated it from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "In the first adhan for Fajr, it was said: Prayer is better than sleep, prayer is better than sleep." Thus Ibn 'Umar reported what this adhan was like in the morning, which is the first adhan in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So whoever is in a town and is able to revive this Sunnah, let him do so; because it is hoped for him that he has revived a Sunnah, and he has that great, abundant reward that came in his saying (peace be upon him), as in "Sahih Muslim":...
It is necessary to point out that whoever wants to reform and change some customs and traditions must necessarily give notice, remind, and prepare the ground so that the revival of the Sunnah does not result in a reaction that returns to the people with harm that is not in their minds or their calculations.
This is a reminder, and the reminder benefits the believers.
Other than that?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is the second question.
The Shaykh : The second question: "Prayer is better than sleep" did not come in a hadith except in the first adhan, the adhan for Fajr. As for the second adhan, there is no hadith regarding it at all. So, in reality, this is one of the matters in which the Sunnah has been obscured in most countries... One of them is from the hadith of Abu Mahdhura that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he heard his voice and was pleased with it, taught him the adhan. And in his teaching him it, after he had taught him the adhan from its beginning to its end as is known today, without doubt some additions of introductory or concluding phrases in some countries, but rather it begins—as it is in your country, and praise be to Allah: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar—and ends: La ilaha illa Allah. He said to him:
When you call the first adhan in the morning, say: Prayer is better than sleep, prayer is better than sleep.
فإذا أذَّنت الأذان الأول في الصبح فقُلْ : الصلاة خير من النوم ، الصلاة خير من النومThe second hadith: al-Nasa'i also narrated it from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "In the first adhan for Fajr, it was said: Prayer is better than sleep, prayer is better than sleep." Thus Ibn 'Umar reported what this adhan was like in the morning, which is the first adhan in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So whoever is in a town and is able to revive this Sunnah, let him do so; because it is hoped for him that he has revived a Sunnah, and he has that great, abundant reward that came in his saying (peace be upon him), as in "Sahih Muslim":
Whoever introduces a good Sunnah in Islam, he will have its reward and the reward of whoever acts upon it until the Day of Resurrection, without anything being deducted from their rewards.
من سنَّ في الإسلام سنَّةً حسنةً ؛ فله أجرها ، وأجر مَن عمل بها إلى يوم القيامة دون أن ينقصَ من أجورهم شيءIt is necessary to point out that whoever wants to reform and change some customs and traditions must necessarily give notice, remind, and prepare the ground so that the revival of the Sunnah does not result in a reaction that returns to the people with harm that is not in their minds or their calculations.
This is a reminder, and the reminder benefits the believers.
Other than that?
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