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Hadith 870
Hadith #
870
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
1
Section
45
Part
Content
Chapter
The Call to Prayer and the Establishment of Prayer and the Reward of the Muezzins
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
Hadith.871 - Khalid ibn Najih narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) that He said
"The takbir (saying 'Allahu Akbar') in the adhan must be pronounced firmly, with clear articulation of the 'ha' and 'alif'“.
871 - وَ رَوَى خَالِدُ بْنُ نَجِيحٍ عَنِ اَلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ
أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «اَلتَّكْبِيرُ جَزْمٌ فِي اَلْأَذَانِ مَعَ اَلْإِفْصَاحِ بِالْهَاءِ وَ اَلْأَلِفِ.
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