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the times of prayer and how they should be summoned to prayer.
Some suggested that a fire be lit at the times of prayer, and others
suggested ringing a bell as do the Christians.150 When these pro-
posals were brought to Prophet Muhammad , he delayed in giv-
ing a response.
It was during this period that one of his followers, 'Abdullah ibn
Zayd, came to him and said, "I saw in a dream a person wearing
green clothes. In his hand was a bell, so 1 said to him, 'O Slave of
Allah, please sell me your bell.' The person replied, 'What would
you do with it?' I replied, 'I would use it in order to gather the peo-
ple for prayer.' So the man said, 'May I guide you to a better way
than this?' I replied, 'Yes.' So he called [out] with his loudest voice,
'Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. . . etc,' until he finished the Adhan.
Then he moved from the place where he called the Adhan and cal-
led the Iqamah [second call] of the prayer." Prophet Muhammad
*8 responded, "Surely this was a good dream (ra'yah) of truth. Go
Some suggested that a fire be lit at the times of prayer, and others
suggested ringing a bell as do the Christians.150 When these pro-
posals were brought to Prophet Muhammad , he delayed in giv-
ing a response.
It was during this period that one of his followers, 'Abdullah ibn
Zayd, came to him and said, "I saw in a dream a person wearing
green clothes. In his hand was a bell, so 1 said to him, 'O Slave of
Allah, please sell me your bell.' The person replied, 'What would
you do with it?' I replied, 'I would use it in order to gather the peo-
ple for prayer.' So the man said, 'May I guide you to a better way
than this?' I replied, 'Yes.' So he called [out] with his loudest voice,
'Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. . . etc,' until he finished the Adhan.
Then he moved from the place where he called the Adhan and cal-
led the Iqamah [second call] of the prayer." Prophet Muhammad
*8 responded, "Surely this was a good dream (ra'yah) of truth. Go