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ahmad:14948Ismāʿīl b. Abān al-Warrāq Abū Isḥāq > Yaʿqūb > ʿĪsá b. a neighboriyah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The son of Umm Maktoom came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, my dwelling is spacious, but I am visually impaired and I can hear the Adhan." The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you hear the Adhan, then respond to it even if it is crawling or creeping."  

أحمد:١٤٩٤٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبَانَ الْوَرَّاقُ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

أَتَى ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْزِلِي شَاسِعٌ وَأَنَا مَكْفُوفُ الْبَصَرِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُالْأَذَانَ قَالَ فَإِنْ سَمِعْتَ الْأَذَانَ فَأَجِبْ وَلَوْ حَبْوًا أَوْ زَحْفًا