What to say upon hearing the Athan (call to prayer) (1 of 5)
OD-022
Hisn al-Muslim 22
Recited once
Instruction
يَقُولُ مِثْلَ مَا يَقُولُ المُؤَذِّنُ إِلاَّ فِي ((حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَحَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ)) فَيقُولُ:
‘One repeats just as the mu-aththin one who calls to prayer says, except when he says: Hayya ʿAlas-salah or hayya ʿAlal-falah ‘come to prayer, come to success’ instead, one should say:
لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ
Transliteration
Lā ḥawla walā quwwata illā bi-llāh
Translation
‘There is no might nor power except with Allah.’
Source and grading
Hisn al-Muslim 22
Reference as printed in Hisn al-Muslim; grading pending review
البخاري، 1/ 152، برقم 611، ورقم 613، ومسلم، 1/ 288، برقم 383.
Virtues
No narrated virtues are recorded for this entry.