When is it said: “Prayer is better than sleep,” in the first adhan or the second?
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Q: When is it said: “Prayer is better than sleep,” in the first adhan or the second?
A: It is preferable to say it in the last adhan, which is the second one, the one recited after the appearance of dawn. This is as reported in the hadith of Aisha that the mu’adhdhin used to say it, and when the mu’adhdhin finished, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would rise for the Fajr prayer, then perform the Sunnah of Fajr, and then go out to the people. So this is said in the last adhan, because it is the place of the obligatory waking. As for the first one, it is for the notification to end the tahajjud, to wake the sleeper, to pray the witr, and the like.
A: It is preferable to say it in the last adhan, which is the second one, the one recited after the appearance of dawn. This is as reported in the hadith of Aisha that the mu’adhdhin used to say it, and when the mu’adhdhin finished, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would rise for the Fajr prayer, then perform the Sunnah of Fajr, and then go out to the people. So this is said in the last adhan, because it is the place of the obligatory waking. As for the first one, it is for the notification to end the tahajjud, to wake the sleeper, to pray the witr, and the like.
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