Chapter 27

Remembrance 4 from Chapter 27

What to say upon hearing the adhān and the iqāmah

Arabic
Arabic text from the source edition
Romanisation

Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar,
Ashhadu a-l-lā ilāha illa-llāh,
Ashhadu anna Muḥammada-r-Rasūlu-llāh,
Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāh,
Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāh,
Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar,
Lā ilāha illa-llāh.

Context

‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb Honorific symbol reported that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol said: “If, when the mu’adhdhin says Allah is greater, Allah is greater, any of you says Allah is greater, Allah is greater; and when he says I bear witness that there is no god but Allah he says I bear witness that there is no god but Allah; and when he says I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah he says I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah; and when he says Come to ṣalāh he says There is no power and no strength but with Allah; and when he says Come to success he says There is no power and no strength but in Allah; and when he says Allah is greater, Allah is greater he says Allah is greater, Allah is greater; and when he says There is no god but Allah he says from his heart There is no god but Allah, he shall enter Paradise.” [3].Muslim narrated this in his Ṣaḥīḥ.

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References
[3] Muslim (385), Abū Dāwūd (527), and an-Nasā’ī (40) in ‘Amal al-yawm wa al-laylah.

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