and grant him peace—](1) ordered that this be included in the call to prayer, namely their saying, “Hasten to the best of deeds.”

At most, what is reported—if the report is sound—is that some of the Companions, such as Ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—would sometimes say this by way of emphasis, just as some of them would say between the adhan and the iqāmah, “Hasten to prayer; hasten to success.” This is called “the rulers’ summons,” [while some call it tathwīb (a repeated summons)] (2). Some of them permitted (3) it, though most scholars regarded it as disliked; they reported that Umar, his son, and others disliked (4) it.

We know as a matter of necessity that the call to prayer given by Bilāl (5) and Ibn Umm Maktūm in the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—in Medina, by Abū Mahdhūrah (6) in Mecca, and by Saʿd al-Qaraz in Qubāʾ did not contain this Rāfidī slogan. Had it been part of the call, the Muslims would have transmitted it and not neglected it, just as they transmitted details far less consequential than this. Since none of those who transmitted the call to prayer mentioned this addition, it is known (7) to be a false innovation.

These four gave the call to prayer at the Prophet’s command—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and learned it from him. They gave it in the most excellent mosques: the Mosque of Mecca, the Mosque of Medina, and the Mosque of Qubāʾ. Their calls to prayer have been transmitted through mass transmission among both the general public and the learned.