

So saying this is a way to remind that Salah is far better then sleep, and Allah knows best. The time of Fajr is a restful time, and someone might be tempted to go back to sleep. 270.Ģ- Quoted from Dalilo-Sidgh by Mohammad Hassan Mozaffar, Vol.

That because this is not from the Prophet (PBUH).įinally, Assalatu Khairum Minan Naum is used only for the Fajr prayer because it was included by Umar Ibn Al-Khattab in the Azan at Fajr.ġ- Kanz al-Ummal by Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi, “kitab as-salah,” vol. We don't admit "Assalatu Khairum Minan Naum", and also we don't say The azan reciter went to Umar Ibn Al-Khattab informing him the Fajr prayer time, He found Umar Ibn Al-Khattab asleep, so he shouted "Assalatu Khairum Minan Naum".

There are other documents to prove the fact that "Assalatu Khairum Minan Naum" was later added to the Azan. In fact it was Umar Ibn Khattab who ordered to include the phrase, "prayer is better than sleep" (Assalatu Khairum Minan Naum) in the Azan at Fajr. It is not pleasing for me to say " Assalatu Khairum Minan Naum" in the Azan of the prayer, because Aba Mahzureh has not brought this phrase in his hadith. Furthermore, Imam ash-Shafi‘i says in his Kitab al-Umm as such: The phrase Assalatu Khairum Minan Naum (Prayer is better than sleeping) was not part of the azan (calling for prayer) during the time of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and it has been included in Azan later (1).
