Ibn Umar reported:
When the Muslims came to Medina, they gathered and sought to know the time of prayer but no one summoned them. One day they discussed the matter, and some of them said: Use something like the bell of the Christians and some of them said: Use horn like that of the Jews. Umar said: Why may not a be appointed who should call (people) to prayer? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: O Bilal, get up and summon (the people) to prayer.
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ حِينَ قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ يَجْتَمِعُونَ فَيَتَحَيَّنُونَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَلَيْسَ يُنَادِي بِهَا أَحَدٌ فَتَكَلَّمُوا يَوْمًا فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ اتَّخِذُوا نَاقُوسًا مِثْلَ نَاقُوسِ النَّصَارَى وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَرْنًا مِثْلَ قَرْنِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَوَلاَ تَبْعَثُونَ رَجُلاً يُنَادِي بِالصَّلاَةِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
يَا بِلاَلُ قُمْ فَنَادِ بِالصَّلاَةِ
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Isnad
9 transmitters- 1Ishaq bin RahwayaMerv, Nisapur · d. 238 AH/852 CE
- 2Muhammad bin Bakr bin 'Uthman al-Barsanial-Basra · d. 204 AH
- 3Muhammad bin Rafa'iNisapur · d. 245 AH
- 4'Abdur-RazzaqYemen/Hijaz/Syria/Iraq · d. 211 AH/827 CE
- 5Ibn JurayjRome,Makkah · d. 150 AH or after
- 6Hajjaj bin Muhammad al-MusaysiTirmidh,al-Musaysa,Baghdad · d. 206 AH
- 7Ibn JurayjRome,Makkah · d. 150 AH or after
- 8Nafie'Medinah · d. 117 or 119 AH
- 9ibn UmarMakkah/Medina · d. 74 AH/693 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 4, Hadith 1
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 4, Hadith 735 (deprecated numbering scheme)