WE RELATE FROM Anas
that the Messenger of Allah
said: “A supplication between the adhān and the iqāmah is never rejected.” [1].Abū Dāwūd, at-Tirmidhī, an-Nasā’ī and Ibn as-Sunnī narrated it, as well as others. At-Tirmidhī described this hadith as ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ. At-Tirmidhī added in his version in the Book of Prayers from his Jāmi‘: They asked: “What should we say, Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Ask Allah for well-being in this world and the Hereafter.”
And we relate from ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ
that a man said: “O Messenger of Allah, the callers of the adhān are superior to us.” The Messenger of Allah
said: “Say what they say; and when you have finished, ask and you will be given.” [2].Abū Dāwūd narrated it and did not consider it weak.
And we relate from the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd, again from the chapter on Jihād with a ṣaḥīḥ isnād from Sahl ibn Sa‘d
that the Messenger of Allah
said: “Two supplications are never rejected”—or “Are rarely rejected”: “one at the time of the call to prayer, and one at the time of strife when some do battle with others.” [3].
In some reliable texts, the word yulḥimu with the letter ḥā’ appears, whereas other narrations have the letter jīm. Both are clear in their meaning.
References
[1] Abū Dāwūd (521), at-Tirmidhī (212), Ibn as-Sunnī (100), al-Futūḥāt (2/135), and an-Nasā’ī in ‘Amal al-yawm wa al-laylah. Ibn Ḥajar grades it as ḥasan.
[2] Abū Dāwūd (524) and al-Futūḥāt (2/137). Ibn Ḥajar states that this is a ḥasan hadith, reported by Abū Dāwūd and an-Nasā’ī in al-Kubrā, and that all of its narrators are trustworthy ṣaḥīḥ narrators except for one, regarding whom there is disagreement. However, there is another narrator to replace him in narrating it.
[3] Abū Dāwūd (2540) According to Ibn Ḥajar this hadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.