hardship, let him keep an eye on the caller to prayer. When the caller says “Allāhu akbar,” he should say “Allāhu akbar”; when the caller bears witness, he should bear witness; when the caller says “ḥayya ʿalaṣ-ṣalāh,” he should repeat “ḥayya ʿalaṣ-ṣalāh”; and when the caller says “ḥayya ʿalal-falāḥ,” he should repeat “ḥayya ʿalal-falāḥ.” Then he should say:
“O Allāh, Lord of this truthful and answered call—the call of truth and the word of piety—let us live by it, let us die upon it, resurrect us upon it, and make us among the best of its people, living or dead.”
After that he may ask for whatever he needs.
Al-Ḥākim and Ibn al-Sunnī transmitted this report through the chain of al-Walīd ibn Muslim from ʿUfayr ibn Maʿdān (Ibn al-Sunnī adds: “from Abū ʿĀʾidh”) from Sulaym ibn ʿĀmir, from him. Al-Ḥākim declared, “Its isnād is sound.”
Al-Mundhirī objected, noting that ʿUfayr ibn Maʿdān is unreliable, and al-Dhahabī said, “He is very weak.” Al-Taqrīb likewise states: “He is weak.”
The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings be upon him) also said, “Two supplications are never—or rarely—rejected: the supplication made at the time of the call to prayer and the supplication made in the heat of battle when the ranks clash.”
This ḥadīth is from Sahl ibn Saʿd al-Sāʿidī (may Allāh be pleased with him). Abū Dāwūd, al-Dārimī, and al-Ḥākim recorded it through the chain of Mūsā ibn Yaʿqūb al-Zamaʿī, who said: “Abū Ḥāzim ibn Dīnār narrated to me, ‘Sahl ibn Saʿd informed me of it.’” Al-Ḥākim said: