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Al-Kafi · Hadith 31

The Book of Prayer · Commencement of Adhan, Iqamah, and the Excellence of Reading them · Volume 3, book 4, chapter 18, Hadith 31

Original Arabic text

31ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ كَانَ طُولُ حَائِطِ مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَامَةً فَكَانَ يَقُولُ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لِبِلاَلٍ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْوَقْتُ يَا بِلاَلُ اعْلُ فَوْقَ الْجِدَارِ وَارْفَعْ صَوْتَكَ بِالأذَانِ فَإِنَّ الله قَدْ وَكَّلَ بِالأذَانِ رِيحاً تَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَإِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ إِذَا سَمِعُوا الأذَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الأرْضِ قَالُوا هَذِهِ أَصْوَاتُ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) بِتَوْحِيدِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لأُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) حَتَّى يَفْرُغُوا مِنْ تِلْكَ الصَّلاَةِ.

Published English translation

31. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the height of the wall of the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah was equal to the height of a man. He, the Messenger of Allah would say to Bilal, ‘When time comes, O Bilal, climb on the wall and raise your voice with Adhan. Allah has assigned a wind to raise Adhan to the heaven and that the angels upon hearing Adhan from the people of earth say, “This is the voice of the followers of Prophet Muhammad about oneness of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious.” They ask forgiveness for the followers of Muhammad, O Allah grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, until they complete that prayer.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على المشهور

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/94)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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