10. Ādhān (Call to Prayer)

١٠۔ كتاب الأذان

10.9 To draw lots for pronouncing the Adhan

١٠۔٩ باب الاِسْتِهَامِ فِي الأَذَانِ

[Machine] And it is mentioned that some people disagreed regarding the call to prayer, so Saad intervened between them.

وَيُذْكَرُ أَنَّ أَقْوَامًا اخْتَلَفُوا فِي الأَذَانِ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ سَعْدٌ.

The virtue of the call to prayer, the first row, and coming early to prayer

bukhari:615ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Sumayy Mawlā Abī Bakr > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "(1) If people knew what is in the call to prayer and the first row, then found no way except to draw lots for it, they would draw lots. (2) If they knew what is in going early, they would race to it. (3) And if they knew what is in darkness ˹of the night˺ and Fajr, they would come to them even if crawling."

البخاري:٦١٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ سُمَىٍّ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «(١) لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي النِّدَاءِ وَالصَّفِّ الأَوَّلِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَجِدُوا إِلاَّ أَنْ يَسْتَهِمُوا عَلَيْهِ، لاَسْتَهَمُوا، (٢) وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِي التَّهْجِيرِ، لاَسْتَبَقُوا إِلَيْهِ، (٣) وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِي الْعَتَمَةِ وَالصُّبْحِ، لأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا».