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Sahih al-Bukhari 615

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If the people knew the reward for pronouncing the Adhan and for standing in the first row (in congregational prayers) and found no other…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ سُمَىٍّ، مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي النِّدَاءِ وَالصَّفِّ الأَوَّلِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَجِدُوا إِلاَّ أَنْ يَسْتَهِمُوا عَلَيْهِ لَاسْتَهَمُوا، وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِي التَّهْجِيرِ لَاسْتَبَقُوا إِلَيْهِ، وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِي الْعَتَمَةِ وَالصُّبْحِ لأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If the people knew the reward for pronouncing the Adhan and for standing in the first row (in congregational prayers) and found no other way to get that except by drawing lots they would draw lots, and if they knew the reward of the Zuhr prayer (in the early moments of its stated time) they would race for it (go early) and if they knew the reward of Isha and Fajr (morning) prayers in congregation, they would come to offer them even if they had to crawl.”

আবূ হুরাইরাহ্ (রাযি.) হতে বর্ণিত। আল্লাহর রাসূল সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ আযানে ও প্রথম কাতারে কী (ফাযীলাত) রয়েছে, তা যদি লোকেরা জানত, কুরআহর মাধ্যমে বাছাই ব্যতীত এ সুযোগ লাভ করা যদি সম্ভব না হত, তাহলে অবশ্যই তারা কুরআহর মাধ্যমে ফায়সালা করত। যুহরের সালাত আউয়াল ওয়াক্তে আদায় করার মধ্যে কী (ফাযীলাত) রয়েছে, যদি তারা জানত, তাহলে তারা এর জন্য প্রতিযোগিতা করত।

আর ‘ইশা ও ফজরের সালাত (জামা‘আতে) আদায়ের কী ফাযীলাত তা যদি তারা জানত, তাহলে নিঃসন্দেহে হামাগুড়ি দিয়ে হলেও তারা হাজির হত। (৬৫৪, ৭২১, ২৬৮৯; মুসলিম ৪/২৮, হাঃ ৪৩৭, আহমাদ ৭২৩০)

ہم سے عبداللہ بن یوسف تنیسی نے بیان کیا، کہا کہ ہمیں امام مالک نے سمی سے جو ابوبکر عبدالرحمٰن بن حارث کے غلام تھے خبر دی، انہوں نے ابوصالح ذکوان سے، انہوں نے ابوہریرہ رضی اللہ عنہ سے کہ نبی کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ اگر لوگوں کو معلوم ہوتا کہ اذان کہنے اور نماز پہلی صف میں پڑھنے سے کتنا ثواب ملتا ہے۔

پھر ان کے لیے قرعہ ڈالنے کے سوائے اور کوئی چارہ نہ باقی رہتا، تو البتہ اس پر قرعہ اندازی ہی کرتے اور اگر لوگوں کو معلوم ہو جاتا کہ نماز کے لیے جلدی آنے میں کتنا ثواب ملتا ہے تو اس کے لیے دوسرے سے آگے بڑھنے کی کوشش کرتے۔ اور اگر لوگوں کو معلوم ہو جاتا کہ عشاء اور صبح کی نماز کا ثواب کتنا ملتا ہے، تو ضرور چوتڑوں کے بل گھسیٹتے ہوئے ان کے لیے آتے۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami ['Abdullah bin Yusuf] berkata, telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Malik] dari [Sumayya] mantan budak Abu Bakar, dari [Shalih] dari [Abu Hurairah], bahwa Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Seandainya manusia mengetahui apa (kebaikan) yang terdapat pada adzan dan shaf awal, lalu mereka tidak akan mendapatkannya kecuali dengan cara mengundi, niscaya tmereka akan melakukannya.

Dan seandainya mereka mengetahui kebaikan yang terdapat dalam bersegera (menuju shalat), niscaya mereka akan berlomba-lomba. Dan seandainya mereka mengetahui kebaikan yang terdapat pada shalat 'Isya dan Shubuh, niscaya mereka akan mendatanginya walaupun harus dengan merangkak

Ebu Hureyre (r.a.) Nebi Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem'in şöyle buyurduğunu nakletmiştir: "İnsanlar ezan okumanın ve ilk safta namaz kılmanın faziletini bilselerdi ve bu ikisinin kura çekmekten başka yolunun olmadığını anlasalardı elbette aralarında kura çekerlerdi. Namazlara erken gitmenin faziletini bir bilselerdi erken gitmek için birbirleriyle yarışırlardı.

Yatsı ve sabah namazlarını cemaatle kılmadaki sevabı bir idrak etselerdi, emekleyerek ve sürünerek bile olsa camiye gelirlerdi. Tekrar:

Sahih al-Bukhari 615, Book 10, Call to Prayers (Adhaan), Hadith 13. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that if people knew the merit, goodness, and blessing in the Adhān (call to prayer) and the first row, and if they had no other means of giving precedence or priority except through drawing lots to determine who deserves them most, they would do so. If they knew the reward of hastening to prayer at its earliest time, they would race to it.

And if they knew the immense reward of coming to the ‘Ishā’ and Fajr prayers, they would find it easy to come to them even if they had to crawl on their knees as a child starts to go.

What it teaches

  • Highlighting the merit of the Adhān.
  • Highlighting the merit of the first row and being near to the Imam.
  • Emphasizing the merit of hastening to prayer at its recommended early time due to its great merit and numerous benefits. These include: attaining the first row, joining the prayer from its beginning, performing the supererogatory prayer, reciting the Qur’an, the angels' seeking forgiveness for him, and being regarded as in prayer while waiting for the prayer, among other rewards.
  • Strongly encouraging the attendance of the congregational prayer of these two prayers, and the abundant reward associated with this due to the hardship they contain on the soul by disturbing both the beginning and end of one's sleep. For this reason, they are the heaviest prayers for the hypocrites.
  • An-Nawawi said: This proves the validity of drawing lots in rights that are contested or where there is competition over them.
  • The second row is better than the third, and the third is better than the fourth and so on.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2Abdullah ibn Yusuf at-TinnisiTold us, Fourth generation, died 218 AH
  3. 3Malik ibn AnasInformed us, Third generation, died 178 AH
  4. 4SumaFrom, Successor, died 130 AH
  5. 5Abu Salih as-SammanFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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