Hadith #44

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English Translation

Yaʿqūb narrated to us, he said: My father narrated to me, from Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, he said: Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥārith al-Taymī narrated to me, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdillāh ibn Zayd ibn ʿAbd Rabbihi, he said: My father ʿAbdullāh ibn Zayd narrated to me, he said: When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ ordered the bell (nāqūs) to be struck to gather people for prayer, a man carrying a bell appeared to me while I was sleeping. I said to him: 'O servant of Allāh, will you sell the bell?' He said: 'What will you do with it?' I said: 'We will use it to call to prayer.' He said: 'Shall I guide you to something better than that?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'You say: Allāhu Akbar (4x), Ashhadu an lā ilāha illAllāh (2x), Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan rasūlullāh (2x), Ḥayya ʿalā al-ṣalāh (2x), Ḥayya ʿalā al-falāḥ (2x), Allāhu Akbar (2x), Lā ilāha illAllāh.' Then he stepped back a short distance and said: 'When the prayer is established, say: Allāhu Akbar (2x), Ashhadu an lā ilāha illAllāh, Ashhadu anna Muḥammadan rasūlullāh, Ḥayya ʿalā al-ṣalāh, Ḥayya ʿalā al-falāḥ, Qad qāmat al-ṣalāh (2x), Allāhu Akbar (2x), Lā ilāha illAllāh.' When morning came, I went to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and told him what I had seen. He said: 'It is indeed a true vision, if Allāh wills. Stand with Bilāl and teach him what you saw, and let him call the adhān, for he has a louder voice than you.' So I stood with Bilāl and began teaching him, and he called the adhān. ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb heard it from his house and came out dragging his cloak, saying: 'By the One who sent you with the truth, I saw the same as what he was shown!' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'All praise is for Allāh.'