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Sunan Ibn Majah 716سنن ابن ماجه 716
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ بِلاَلٍ، أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يُؤْذِنُهُ بِصَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ فَقِيلَ هُوَ نَائِمٌ . فَقَالَ الصَّلاَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ الصَّلاَةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ فَأُقِرَّتْ فِي تَأْذِينِ الْفَجْرِ فَثَبَتَ الأَمْرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ .
It was narrated that Bilal came to the Prophet to call him for the Fajr prayer, and was told: "He is sleeping." He said: "As-salatu khairum minan-nawm, As-salatu khairum minan-nawm (The prayer is better than sleep, the prayer is better than sleep). These words were approved of in the Adhan for the Fajr, and that is how it remained.
Grading
Sahih
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Daif
Chain of narrators
عمرو بن رافع بن الفرات ← عبد الله بن المبارك ← معمر بن راشد ← محمد بن مسلم بن عبيد ← سعيد بن المسيب بن حزن ← بلال بن رباح
Amr ibn Rafi' ibn al-Furat → Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak → Ma'mar ibn Rashid → Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Ubayd → Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab ibn Hazn → Bilal
