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ibnmajah:716 – ʿAmr b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Bilāl

"He is sleeping." He said: "As-salatu khairum minan-nawm, As-salatu khairum minan-nawm (The prayer is better than sleep, the prayer is better than sleep). These words were approved of in the Adhan for the Fajr, and that is how it remained.  

ابن ماجة:٧١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ بِلاَلٍ

أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُؤْذِنُهُ بِصَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ فَقِيلَ هُوَ نَائِمٌ فَقَالَ الصَّلاَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ الصَّلاَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ فَأُقِرَّتْ فِي تَأْذِينِ الْفَجْرِ فَثَبَتَ الأَمْرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ  

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tabarani:1078 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib

[Machine] Bilal came to the Prophet ﷺ to call him for prayer once, but it was said that he was asleep. So, he called out, "Prayer is better than sleep!" and it was affirmed for the Fajr prayer.  

الطبراني:١٠٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ

أَنَّ بِلَالًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُؤْذِنُهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ مَرَّةً فَقِيلَ إِنَّهُ نَائِمٌ فَنَادَى «الصَّلَاةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ» فَأُقِرَّتْ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ  

suyuti:398-18b –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٣٩٨-١٨b –

"أَتَى بلالٌ النَّبىَّ ﷺ يُؤْذِنُهُ بالصَّلاةِ مَرَّةً، فَقِيلَ إِنَّهُ نَائِمٌ، فَنَادَى: الصَّلاةُ خَيْرٌ منَ النَوْم فَأُقِرَّتْ فِى صَلاةِ الفَجْرِ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن سعيد بن المسيب