The Call to Prayer and the Establishment of Prayer and the Reward of the Muezzins
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 45
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Book 1, Chapter 45
The Call to Prayer and the Establishment of Prayer and the Reward of the Muezzins
وَ رُوِيَ: «أَنَّهُ لَمَّا قُبِضَ اَلنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ اِمْتَنَعَ بِلاَلٌ مِنَ اَلْأَذَانِ وَقَالَ لاَ أُؤَذِّنُ لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَتْ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ «إِنِّي أَشْتَهِي أَنْ أَسْمَعَ صَوْتَ مُؤَذِّنِ أَبِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِالْأَذَانِ» فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ بِلاَلاً فَأَخَذَ فِي اَلْأَذَانِ فَلَمَّا قَالَ اَللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اَللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ذَكَرَتْ أَبَاهَا عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ أَيَّامَهُ فَلَمْ تَتَمَالَكْ مِنَ اَلْبُكَاءِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ شَهَقَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهَا اَلسَّلاَمُ شَهْقَةً وَ سَقَطَتْ لِوَجْهِهَا وَ غُشِيَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ اَلنَّاسُ لِبِلاَلٍ أَمْسِكْ يَا بِلاَلُ فَقَدْ فَارَقَتِ اِبْنَةُ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ اَلدُّنْيَا وَ ظَنُّوا أَنَّهَا قَدْ مَاتَتْ فَقَطَعَ أَذَانَهُ وَ لَمْ يُتِمَّهُ فَأَفَاقَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهَا اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ سَأَلَتْهُ أَنْ يُتِمَّ اَلْأَذَانَ فَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ وَقَالَ لَهَا يَا سَيِّدَةَ اَلنِّسْوَانِ إِنِّي أَخْشَى عَلَيْكِ مِمَّا تُنْزِلِينَهُ بِنَفْسِكِ إِذَا سَمِعْتِ صَوْتِي بِالْأَذَانِ فَأَعْفَتْهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ.
It is narrated that when The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم passed away, Bilal refrained from calling the adhan, stating, "I will not give the adhan for anyone after the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم." One day, Sayyida Fatimah Al-Zahra صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: "I long to hear the voice of my father's caller to prayer with the adhan." When Bilal heard this, he began to recite the adhan. When he reached "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar," She (Sayyida Fatimah Al-Zahra صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم) remembered her father عليه السلام and his days and could not control her tears. When he continued and reached "Ashhadu anna Muhammad Rasul Allah سبحانه وتعالى (I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم)," Sayyida Fatimah Al-Zahra صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم cried out and fell down unconscious. People rushed to Bilal and said: "Stop, O’ Bilal, for the daughter of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم has departed from this world." They thought She had passed away. Bilal halted the adhan and did not complete it. When Sayyida Fatimah Al-Zahra صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم regained consciousness, She asked Bilal to complete the adhan, but he declined, saying, "O’ mistress of the women, I fear for you what may happen to you when you hear my voice giving the adhan." She then excused him from completing it.
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