In which of the two adhan calls is "Prayer is better than sleep" recited?
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Question:
The listener Bashir Marghani sent a message saying: We have in our village a group of the Anصار al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah. Our brother appears to be from Sudan. They have a mosque, and in the Fajr adhan, they say: "Prayer is better than sleep" in the first adhan.
Knowing that the mosques say it in the second adhan, and when we asked them, they told us: This is the original practice, as they presented us with evidence from the book Zad al-Ma'ad. We told them: This is the consensus (ijma') as the scholars said. They said: If the consensus contradicts the original practice, it is not followed. We ask you to inform us of the correct ruling.
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no consensus (ijma') in this matter, as far as we know. If they do it in the first or in the second, there is no blame on them—Allah willing. The important thing is that it not be in both; it should be in one of them so that matters do not become confused for people. It is better that it be in the last one; this is the best, because the authentic hadiths indicate that it is in the last one, which is the adhan after the appearance of dawn. It was called the first in some hadiths because it is first with respect to the iqamah. For this reason, some of our brothers from the Anصار al-Sunnah thought that the intended "first" is the one that occurs before dawn, but that is not the case. The first is the one after the appearance of dawn, and it was called first because after it comes the second adhan, which is the iqamah.
And so it came in the hadith of Abu Mazhura regarding the first one, and Abu Mazhura calls the adhan after the dawn, so it was called first in his adhan, meaning: in contrast to the last adhan, which is the iqamah. And so Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) informed us, as in al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) in Sahih al-Bukhari, that the first adhan is the adhan after the appearance of dawn, after which the rawatib are prayed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray the rawatib after the first adhan, then go out to the prayer. So he named it first because after it comes the second adhan, which is the iqamah. This should be understood well so that the difficulty is removed, and so that the word is united among our brothers in Sudan, so that the saying of "Prayer is better than sleep" is in the last adhan for everyone; so that they do not differ, and this is the best and most preferable.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The listener Bashir Marghani sent a message saying: We have in our village a group of the Anصار al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah. Our brother appears to be from Sudan. They have a mosque, and in the Fajr adhan, they say: "Prayer is better than sleep" in the first adhan.
Knowing that the mosques say it in the second adhan, and when we asked them, they told us: This is the original practice, as they presented us with evidence from the book Zad al-Ma'ad. We told them: This is the consensus (ijma') as the scholars said. They said: If the consensus contradicts the original practice, it is not followed. We ask you to inform us of the correct ruling.
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is no consensus (ijma') in this matter, as far as we know. If they do it in the first or in the second, there is no blame on them—Allah willing. The important thing is that it not be in both; it should be in one of them so that matters do not become confused for people. It is better that it be in the last one; this is the best, because the authentic hadiths indicate that it is in the last one, which is the adhan after the appearance of dawn. It was called the first in some hadiths because it is first with respect to the iqamah. For this reason, some of our brothers from the Anصار al-Sunnah thought that the intended "first" is the one that occurs before dawn, but that is not the case. The first is the one after the appearance of dawn, and it was called first because after it comes the second adhan, which is the iqamah.
And so it came in the hadith of Abu Mazhura regarding the first one, and Abu Mazhura calls the adhan after the dawn, so it was called first in his adhan, meaning: in contrast to the last adhan, which is the iqamah. And so Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) informed us, as in al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) in Sahih al-Bukhari, that the first adhan is the adhan after the appearance of dawn, after which the rawatib are prayed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray the rawatib after the first adhan, then go out to the prayer. So he named it first because after it comes the second adhan, which is the iqamah. This should be understood well so that the difficulty is removed, and so that the word is united among our brothers in Sudan, so that the saying of "Prayer is better than sleep" is in the last adhan for everyone; so that they do not differ, and this is the best and most preferable.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
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