[6] Bilal -ra was the Preferred Azan Recitor of the Holy Prophet -saww ...
[6] Bilal -ra was the Preferred Azan Recitor of the Holy Prophet -saww : عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ كَانَ طُولُ حَائِطِ مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَامَةً فَكَانَ يَقُولُ ص لِبِلَالٍ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْوَقْتُ يَا بِلَالُ اعْلُ فَوْقَ الْجِدَارِ وَ ارْفَعْ صَوْتَكَ بِالْأَذَانِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ وَكَّلَ بِالْأَذَانِ رِيحاً تَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِذَا سَمِعُوا الْأَذَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا هَذِهِ أَصْوَاتُ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص بِتَوْحِيدِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِأُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص حَتَّى يَفْرُغُوا مِنْ تِلْكَ الصَّلَاةِ 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 -asws has said that the height of the wall of the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah -saww was equal to the height of a man.
He -saww , the Messenger of Allah would say to Bilal -ra , ‘When time comes, O Bilal, climb on the wall and raise your voice with Azan. Allah has assigned a wind to raise Azan (O the heaven and that the angels upon hearing Azan from the people of earth say, ‘This is the voice of the followers of about Oneness of Allah -azwj .’ They ask forgiveness for the followers of Muhammad -saww , until they complete that prayer’.
[7] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ أَذَّنَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ لِصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ وَ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ يَتَسَحَّرُ فَدَعَاهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مَعَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ أَذَّنَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ لِلْفَجْرِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ وَ هُوَ يُؤَذِّنُ بِلَيْلٍ فَإِذَا أَذَّنَ بِلَالٌ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَأَمْسِكْ Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from al- ‘Ala’ ibn Razin from Musa ibn Bakr from Zurarah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws has said that ibn ‘Umm Maktum once said Azan for the morning Salat (prayer) and a man passed by the Messenger of Allah -saww , who was eating.
He -saww invited the man to eat Suhur (breakfast in the morning before dawn). He said. ‘O Messenger of Allah, Mu’adhdhin has said Azan for the morning Salat.’ The Messenger of Allah -saww said, ‘Ibn ‘Umm Maktum says Azan in the night; when Bilal says Azan, then you must stop eating’.
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