161 – Jābir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever, when he hears the call to prayer, says: Allahumma Rabba hādhihi ad-daʿwah at-tāmmah wa-ṣ-ṣalāti al-qāʾimah, āti Muḥammadan al-wasīlah wa-l-faḍīlah, wabʿath-hu maqāman maḥmūdan alladhī waʿadtahu, my intercession will be granted to him on the Day of Resurrection.” Reported by the Four. (1)

Degree of authenticity: The ḥadīth is ṣaḥīḥ.
It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (614) and by the Four. Al-Majd Ibn Taymiyyah stated in al-Muntaqā: “All the compilers related it except Muslim,” and Ibn Daqīq al-ʿĪd said the same in al-Ilmām.

Vocabulary of the ḥadīth:
– Allahumma: meaning “O Allah”; the final mīm replaces the vocative yā, so the two never appear together. Linguists note that Allahumma occurs in Arabic in three ways:

1. Pure vocative address.
2. To indicate the rarity of an exception, as in: Allahumma illā idhā kāna kadha (except if such-and-such occurs).
3. To express assured affirmation in reply, as when one is asked, “Shall I add?” and answers, Allahumma naʿam (yes, certainly) or Allahumma lā (no, certainly not).
   – Rabb: in the accusative as an object of address; rabb is the Nurturer who rectifies the human being.
   – ad-daʿwah: with an open dāl; it refers to the words of the adhān that proclaim monotheism.
   – at-tāmmah: an adjective of ad-daʿwah; it is called “perfect” because it contains the fullest declaration, namely lā ilāha ill—