The Shaykh’s explanation of Ibn Hajar’s position that there is no inversion in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them): “Indeed, Bilal gives the call at night, so eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktum gives the call”
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The Shaykh : However, I say on this occasion that al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar and others hold the position that there is no inversion, and that both hadiths are valid. That is, there were two periods: in one period, Bilal gave the first call and Ibn Umm Maktum gave the second call, and in that period he (peace and blessings be upon him) said Sahih Muslim 1094b to the end of the hadith. In another period, the situation was reversed, so Ibn Umm Maktum gave the first call and Bilal gave the second call. Thus, both hadiths are valid, and there is no need to claim inversion in one of them, as Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) did. They supported this with many narrations and deductions of great precision, such as the fact that in the same authentic hadith Sahih al-Bukhari 622, 623, which is in Sahih al-Bukhari and others, it says: “And he was a blind man, and he did not give the call” until he was told, “It is morning, it is morning.” How could this call be more precise than the first call, which is apparent? The wisdom is that it becomes an exchange between the mu'adhdhins, where Bilal, the sighted one, gives the second call and the blind one gives the first call.
In any case, the claim of inversion in this second hadith regarding the two calls is not accepted from Ibn al-Qayyim, just as his claim of inversion in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah is not accepted. The correct view is as stated in the hadith:Sunan Abi Dawud 840Sahih (Al-Albani)
The Adhan of Bilal should not mislead you
لا يغرنكم أذان بلالso eat and drink (Suhur) till Ibn Um Maktum pronounces the Adhan.
فكلوا واشربوا حتى يؤذن ابن أم مكتومIn any case, the claim of inversion in this second hadith regarding the two calls is not accepted from Ibn al-Qayyim, just as his claim of inversion in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah is not accepted. The correct view is as stated in the hadith:
