ACCOUNT OF ADHAN

ACCOUNT OF ADHAN
Volume 1, Parts II.68.1
Muhammad Ibn Umar al-Aslami informed us: Sulayman Ibn Sulaym al￾Qari informed us on the authority of Sulayman Ibn Subaym, he on the authority of Nafi Ibn Jubayr; (second chain) he Ibn Sad) said:Abd al￾Hamid Ibn Jafar related tó us on the authority of Yazid Ibn Ruman, he on the authority ofUrwah Ibn al-Zubayr; (third chain) he (Ibn Sad) said: Ma'mar Ibn Rashid related to us on the authority of al-Zuhri, he on the authority of Sa'id Ibn al-Musayyib; they said: During the time of the Prophet, may Allah bless him, before Adhàn was ordained, a crier called: It is time to assemble for prayers. (A1-Salatu jami'atun. (Lit: the prayer is congregating) Thereupon people congregated. When the qiblah was changed in the direction of the Kabah, the Adhàn was ordained. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless
him, was much worried about the affair of the Adhàn. They
(Companions) suggested several ways by which people could be made to
congregate for prayers. Some of them suggested (the blowing of) trumpet,
while others proposed (the ringing of) bell. In the meantime Abd Allah Ibn Zayd al-Khazraji, while sleeping, saw (in a dream) a man in two green garments passing by with a bell. He (Abd Allah) said: I said: Do
you sell this bell? He (man in green clothes) said: What will you do of it?
I said: I want to buy it for ringing it for the congregation of the people for
prayers. He said: I shall tell you something better than this. Say: Allah is
great; I bear witness that there is no god but Allah; I bear witness that
Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah; come to prayers; come to prosperity;
Allah is great; there is no god but Allah. Then Abd Allah Ibn Zayd came to the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, and informed him (accordingly). He said: Stand with Bilal and direct him as you have been directed and he should call accordingly. He complied with it.Umar came
and said: I have also dreamt as he has dreamt. Thereupon, the Apostle of
Allah, may Allah bless him, said: All praise be to Allah. This is the most
approved version. They said: The call for prayer was made accordingly
and it continued to be called. The (people) congregated for prayers, when
occasion arose; so they attended and received information concerning
occasions like victory or any other injunctions. On such occasions they
were called even if it was not the time for prayers.

Volume 1, Parts II.68.2
Muhammad Ibn Kathir al-Abdi informed us: Sulayman Ibn Kathir informed us: Husayn informed us on the authority ofAbd al-Rahman
Ibn Abi Layla, he on the authority of Abd Allah Ibn Zayd al-Ansàri, then a person of Banu al-Najjar; he said: The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, sought advice of the people on the question of Adhán. He said: I intend to send people to stand on the hills of al-Madinah to call the people for prayers, till they (Companions) proposed the ringing of the bells. He (Abd al-Rahman) said: Abd Allah Ibn Zayd came to his family. They said: Shall we not offer supper to you? He said: I shall not taste food since I have observed the Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him, much worried about the question of prayers. Then he slept and saw a dream. There was a man in green clothes standing on the road of the mosque, and there he said Adhàn. He sat down for a while, and then he stood again and said: The prayer is ready. He (Abd al￾Rahmàn) said: He came to the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, and
informed him of what he had dreamt. He (Prophet) ordered him to give
instructions to Bilal, which he did. When the people heard it, they came.
‘Umar Ibn al-Khattáb came and said: 0 Apostle of Allah! I have dreamt
as he has done. The Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him, said: What
prevented you from coming to me? He said: 0 Apostle of Allah! I was shy
of coming forward.
Volume 1, Parts II.68.3
Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Walid al-Azraqi informed us: Muslim
Ibn Khálid informed us: Abd al-Rahim IbnUmar related to me on the
authority of Ibn Shihab, he on the authority of Salim Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Umar, he on the authority of Abd Allah IbnUmar; he said:
Verily, the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, wanted to assemble the
people for prayers. Trumpet and trumpeteers were proposed to him but
he disliked; the bell and people ringing the bell were proposed but he
disliked. Ultimately a member of the Ansar whose name was Abd Allah Ibn Zayd dreamt a calling of the Adhàn andUmar Ibn al-Khattàb also
dreamt it in the same night. As regards `Umar, he said: I shall inform the
Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, when it is morning. As regards the
Ansàri, he went to the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, during the
night and informed him. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him,
ordered Bilal who said the Adhán for prayers. He (the narrator) repeated
the Adhàn of the people of today, and he said: Bilal added to the (Adhán)
for morning prayer, ‘Prayer is better than sleep’. The Apostle of Allah,
may Allah bless him, retained it, although it was not included in what the
Ansari had dreamt.