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ahmad:16924 – Yūnus > Ḥammād > ʿĀṣim Ibn Bahdalah > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān

[Machine] The translation of the passage is as follows: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to repeat the words of the Mu'adhdhin when he heard him saying, 'Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.' He would say the same words. And when the Mu'adhdhin said, 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah,' he would say the same words. And when the Mu'adhdhin said, 'I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,' he would say the same words."  

أحمد:١٦٩٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ ابْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا سَمِعَ الْمُؤَذِّنَ يَقُولُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ وَإِذَا قَالَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ قَالَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ وَإِذَا قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ  

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ahmad:13852 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard a man saying 'Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar' (Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest). He said, 'Upon Fitrah (natural inclination).' Then he said, 'I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah.' Then he said, 'Have you come out from the Fire.'"  

أحمد:١٣٨٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ أَشْهَدُأَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَقَالَ خَرَجْتَ مِنَ النَّارِ  

ahmad:24933 – ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿAmr b. Maymūn b. Mihrān from my father

[Machine] Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, used to say when she heard the caller (to prayer): "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."  

أحمد:٢٤٩٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ قَالَتْ

عَائِشَةُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَمِعَ الْمُنَادِيَ قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ قَوْلِهِ ﷺ «وَأَنَا وَأَنَا»

ibnhibban:1684 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Ṭalḥah

[Machine] Muaawiya heard the caller saying "Allah is the greatest! Allah is the greatest!" So he said, "Allah is the greatest!" When he heard him say, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah," Muaawiya said, "And I bear witness." Then when he heard him say, "I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah," Muaawiya said, "And I bear witness." Then Muaawiya said, "This is how I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying."  

ابن حبّان:١٦٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عِيسَى بْنُ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ مُعَاوِيَةَ «إِذْ

سَمِعَ الْمُنَادِي يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَلَمَّا قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ فَلَمَّا قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ  

tabarani:16848 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Ibn Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith al-Taymī > ʿĪsá b. Ṭalḥah > Dakhalnā > Muʿāwiyah Fanādá al-Munādī Lilṣṣalāh > Allāh Akbar Allāh Akbar > Muʿāwiyah Kamā > Ashhad > Lā Ilah Illā Allāh > Mithl Dhalik Ayḍ > Ashhad

[Machine] "We entered upon Muawiyah and the caller for prayer called out, 'Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.' Muawiyah said the same and then said, 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.' He repeated this statement and then said, 'I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.' He also repeated this statement. Then he said, 'This is how I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saying.'"  

الطبراني:١٦٨٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلْنَا عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ فَنَادَى الْمُنَادِي لِلصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ كَمَا قَالَ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ أَيْضًا فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَكَذَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ»  

tabarani:16881 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Dhakwān > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ used to say the same words as the Mu'adhin (the caller to prayer) when he heard him say "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is the greatest). And when the Mu'adhin said "Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah" (I bear witness that there is no god but Allah), the Prophet Muhammad would say the same words. And when the Mu'adhin said "Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasul Allah" (I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah), the Prophet Muhammad would also say the same words.  

الطبراني:١٦٨٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَمِعَ الْمُؤَذِّنَ يَقُولُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ فَإِذَا قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ قَالَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ فَإِذَا قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ قَالَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِ  

tabarani:16882 – Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Qazzāz al-Baṣrī > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Abān b. Yazīd > ʿĀṣim > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah

[Machine] "He heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, and Bilal was calling the adhan. When he said 'Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar', the Prophet of Allah said, 'Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar'. Then he said, 'Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah', the Prophet of Allah said, 'Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah'. Then he said, 'Ashhadu anna Muhammadan rasulullah', and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the same. Then he remained silent."  

الطبراني:١٦٨٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْقَزَّازُ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَبِلَالٌ يُؤَذِّنُ فَلَمَّا قَالَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ «اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ «أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِثْلَهَا ثُمَّ صَمَتَ