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Sahih Muslim 437

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: If the people were to know what excellence is there in the Adhan and in the first row, and they could not (get these opportunities) except…

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ سُمَىٍّ، مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ السَّمَّانِ، 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 were to know what excellence is there in the Adhan and in the first row, and they could not (get these opportunities) except by drawing lots, they would have definitely done that. And if they were to know what excellence lies in joining the prayer in the first takbir (prayer), they would have vied with one another.

And if they were to know what excellence lies in the night prayer and morning prayer, they would have definitely come even if crawling (on their knees).

আবূ বাকর ইবনু শাইবাহ (রহঃ) ..... ইবনু আব্বাস (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আল্লাহর বাণীঃ “তিনি যা দেখেছেন, তার অন্তকরণ তা অস্বীকার করেনি" "এবং নিশ্চয়ই তিনি তাকে আরো একবার দেখেছেন"- (সূরাহ্ আন নাজম ৫৩ঃ ১১ ও ১৩) আয়াতদ্বয়ের ব্যাখ্যা হচ্ছেঃ রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম তার প্রভুকে দু'বার অন্তকরণ দ্বারাই দেখেন। (অর্থাৎ বাহ্যিক চোখে প্রত্যক্ষ করেননি)।

وکیع نے کہا : ہمیں اعمش نے زیاد بن حصین ابو جہمہ سے حدیث سنائی ، انہوں نے ابو عالیہ سے اور انہوں نے حضرت ابن عباس ‌رضی ‌اللہ ‌عنہ ‌ ‌ سے روایت کی ، انہوں نے آیت : ﴿مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى﴾ ’’جھوٹ نہ دیکھا دل نے جو دیکھا ‘ ‘ اور ﴿وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَى﴾ ’’اور آپ نے اسے ایک بار اترتے ہوئے دیکھا ‘ ‘ ( کےبارے میں ) کہا : رسول ا للہ ﷺ نے اسے ( رب تعالیٰ کو ) اپنے دل دو بار دیکھا ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakar bin Abu Syaibah] dan [Abu Sa'id al-Asyajj] semuanya dari [Waki'], [al-Asyajj] berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Waki'] telah menceritakan kepada kami [al-A'masy] dari [Ziyad bin al-Hushain Abu Jahmah] dari [Abu al-Aliyah] dari [Ibnu Abbas] dia berkata, "Hatinya tidak mendustakan sesuatu yang telah dia lihat.

Dan sungguh Muhammad telah melihat Jibril itu (dalam rupanya yang asli) pada waktu yang lain." Ibnu Abbas berkata, "Beliau telah melihat Jibril dengan hatinya dua kali." Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakar bin Abu Syaibah] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Hafsh bin Ghiyats] dari [al-A'masy] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Jahmah] dengan sanad ini

Bize Ebu Bekr b. Ebi Şeybe ile Ebu Sa'id el-Eşecc hep birden Veki'den rivayet ettiler. Eşecc dedi ki: Bize Vekî' rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize A'meş, Ziyad b. Husayn Ebu Cehme'den, o da Ebu'l-Âliye'den, o da İbni Abbas'tan naklen rivayet etti ki İbni Abbas : «Onun gördüğünü gönül yalanlamadı, yemin olsun ki, onu bir başka inişte de gördü.» âyetleri hakkında onu kalbi ile iki defa gördü demiştir. Yalnız Müslim rivayet etmiştir; Tuhfetu'l-Eşraf

Sahih Muslim 437, Book 4, The Book of Prayers, Hadith 143. 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 Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍTold us
  3. 3SumaFrom, Successor, died 130 AH
  4. 4Abu Salih as-SammanFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
  5. 5Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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