680 - ʿAmr ibn Manṣūr informed us, saying: ʿAlī ibn ʿAyyāsh narrated to us, saying: Shuʿayb narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, who said: The Messenger of Allāh, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever says, when he hears the call to prayer: 'O Allāh, Lord of this perfect call and the established prayer, grant Muḥammad the means and the excellence, and raise him to the praiseworthy station which You have promised him,' my intercession will be assured for him on the Day of Resurrection."

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It was also recorded by Aḥmad following (1565), Muslim (386), Abū Dāwūd (525), al-Tirmidhī (210), and Ibn Ḥibbān (1693) via the chain of Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd with this same chain of transmission. In Abū Dāwūd's version: "he will be forgiven," and in Ibn Ḥibbān's version: "his previous sins will be forgiven."

Al-Tirmidhī said: This is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ gharīb ḥadīth; we know it only from the ḥadīth of al-Layth ibn Saʿd, from Ḥukaym ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qays.

It was also recorded by Aḥmad, Muslim, and Ibn Mājah (721) via two chains from al-Layth ibn Saʿd, with it.

(1) The phrase "ibn ʿAbd Allāh" is from (R) and (M).
(2) In (M) and (H): "a praiseworthy station" (maqāman maḥmūdan), and in the margin of (M): "the praiseworthy station" (al-maqām al-maḥmūd). [Variant reading]
(3) The word "illā" (except/but) is not in (M), and it is indicated as a variant in (R).
(4) The phrase "on the Day of Resurrection" is added in the margin of (K) with a mark of correctness, and it is indicated as a variant.
(5) Its chain is ṣaḥīḥ. Shuʿayb is Ibn Abī Ḥamzah. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubrā" under numbers (1656) and (9791).

It was also recorded by Aḥmad (14817), al-Bukhārī (614) and (4719), Abū Dāwūd (529), al-Tirmidhī (211), Ibn Mājah (722), and Ibn Ḥibbān (1689) via the chain of ʿAlī ibn ʿAyyāsh, with this same chain of transmission.

In their versions (other than Ibn Ḥibbān): "a praiseworthy station" (maqāman maḥmūdan) with indefiniteness. Ibn Ḥajar in "Fatḥ al-Bārī" 2/95 quoted al-Nawawī as saying: the narration with indefiniteness is established, and it is as if it is a quotation of the wording of the Qur'an. He also quoted al-Ṭībī as saying: it was made indefinite because it is more magnificent and more abundant, as if it were said: "a station," meaning: a station praised by every tongue. Then Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar mentioned that the author's narration here is with definiteness, and that it is likewise in Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Ḥibbān, and others. Then he said: In this there is a refutation of those who denied that, such as al-Nawawī.