11 - The Adhan at a Time Other Than the Prayer Time

641 - Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us, saying: Al-Mu'tamir ibn Sulayman informed us, from his father, from Abu 'Uthman, from Ibn Mas'ud, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "Indeed, Bilal calls the adhan at night to wake your sleepers and to make your standing ones return, and it is not that he says like this" — meaning regarding the dawn (prayer).

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It was also recorded by Ibn Hibban (3474) from Abu Ya'la, from Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim al-Dawraqi, with this chain of transmission, and he mentioned after it that the Prophet ﷺ made the night a rotation between Bilal and Ibn Umm Maktum, and al-Diya' and others rejected that as stated by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar in "Fath al-Bari" 2/103, and we will mention it.

It was also recorded by Ahmad (27440) from Hushaym, with it, and he added at its end: She said: And if a woman still had some of her suhur remaining, she would say to Bilal: "Wait until I finish my suhur." And something similar to this addition came in the aforementioned hadith of Ibn Hibban.

It was also recorded by Ahmad (27439) and (27441) through two paths from Shu'bah, from Khabib, from Unaysah, with similar wording, with uncertainty, and in it: "Indeed, Ibn Umm Maktum calls out at night, so eat..." or: "Indeed, Bilal calls out at night, so eat..." — the hadith.

And Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi and 'Amr ibn Marzuq narrated it from Shu'bah, from Khabib, from his aunt Unaysah, with the wording: "Indeed, Bilal calls the adhan at night, so eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktum calls the adhan..." — the hadith, meaning similar to the hadiths of 'A'ishah and Ibn 'Umar that preceded it. Al-Bayhaqi recorded both of them in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" 1/382. Al-Mizzi said (in the biography of Unaysah): And it is the preserved and correct version, if Allah wills. End quote. However, Ibn Hajar reconciled between them in "Fath al-Bari" 2/103, mentioning that Ibn Umm Maktum was delayed at the end of the matter due to his weakness, and someone was assigned to observe the dawn for him, and Bilal's adhan at night was settled upon. His words were previously mentioned in brief in the commentary on hadith (637), and may be seen in detail in "Al-Fath" 2/102-103.

(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Al-Mu'tamir ibn Sulayman: he is al-Taymi, and Abu 'Uthman: he is 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mall al-Nahdi. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (1617).

It was also recorded by Muslim (1093): (40) from Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, with this chain of transmission, and he paired Jarir ibn 'Abd al-Hamid with Al-Mu'tamir ibn Sulayman, and at its end: Jarir said: And it is not that he says like this, but he says like this — meaning the dawn is the horizontal one, not the vertical one. =