1355 – Anas—may Allah be pleased with him—narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Supplication offered between the adhan and the iqama is never rejected.” It was recorded by al-Nasaʾi and others, and declared authentic by Ibn Hibban and others. (1)
• Hadith grading:
The chain of transmission is sound.
Al-Manawi writes in Fayd al-Qadir that al-Tirmidhi classed it as hasan. Al-ʿIraqi said: “Al-Nasaʾi narrated it in Al-Yawmu wa’l-Laylah with a good isnad.” It was also authenticated by Ibn Hibban and al-Hakim.
• Lexical note:
– duʿaʾ (supplication): its original form is duʿāw; the final alif derives from a waw, and when the waw follows the alif it changes to a hamzah. Duʿaʾ is the singular of adʿiyah. “I called upon Allah” means that I earnestly implored Him with my request.
• Lessons derived from the hadith:
- The report exhorts believers to make supplication and to ask Allah for their needs and aspirations. Allah the Exalted says, “Call upon Me and I will respond to you” (40:60). In a divine hadith He says, “Whoever calls upon Me, I will answer him; whoever asks of Me, I will give him; whoever seeks My forgiveness, I will forgive him,” recorded by al-Bukhari (1145) and Muslim (758).
- The hadith indicates that the interval between the adhan and the iqama is a virtuous time during which prayers are answered and pleas are heard. One should therefore seize that moment and entreat Allah, for perhaps He will grant His servant a supplication after which he will never be wretched again.