Hadith 16

Al Hafiz Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Firyani, ‘From Sowban a slave of Rasool-Allah-saww, said, ‘For Allah-azwj there is a rooster. It’s legs are in the lowest earth and its neck is folded beneath the Throne, and its wings are in the air. It flaps with these during the pre-dawn of every night, ‘Glorious is the King, the Holy! Our Lord‑azwj is the Beneficent, the King, there is no god other than Him-azwj! ’’[24] (From a non-Shia source)
And it is reported by Al Sa’alby –
‘The Prophet-saww said: ‘Three voices are loved by Allah-azwj the Exalted – voice of the rooster, and voice of a reciter of the Quran, and voice of the seekers of Forgiveness at pre-dawn [3: 17]’’. [25] (From a non-Shia source)
And it is reported by the Imam Ahmad, and Abu Dawood, and Ibn Maja, from Zayd Bin Khalid Al Juhanny, ‘The Prophet-saww said: ‘Do not revile the rooster for it awakens (you) for the Salat’’. [26] (From a non-Shia source)
And it is reported by Al Hakim in ‘Al Mustadrak’, from Abu Hureyra (a well-known fabricator), ‘The Prophet-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj the Exalted has Permitted for me-saww to narrate about a rooster, its legs are in the earth and its neck is folded beneath the Throne, and it says, ‘Glory be to You-azwj! How Magnificent is Your-azwj Glory! ’’
He-saww said: ‘It is responded to, ‘That is no one known who would swear falsely by Me-azwj! ’’[27] (From a non-Shia source)
And it is reported by Abu Talib Al Makky and Al Gazaly, from Maymoun Bin Mihran having said, ‘It has reached me that beneath the Throne there is an Angel in an image of a rooster. Its head is of pearls, and its wings are from green emeralds. When the first third of the night passes by, it strikes (flaps) with its wings and crows and says, ‘Let the standing ones (for Salat) stand up! ’
When half the nigh passes by, it flaps with its wings and crows and says, ‘Let the praying ones arise! ’ When the dawn emerges, it flaps its wings and crows and says, ‘Let the heedless ones arise, and upon them are their burdens (sins)! ’ And the meaning of crowing is shouting’’. [28] (From a non-Shia source)
And from Abdullah Bin Nafie, ‘The Prophet-saww forbade from castrating the horse, and the sheep, and the rooster’’. [29] (From a non-Shia source)
And it is reported by Ibn Maja, from a Hadeeth by Abu Hureyra (well-known fabricator), ‘The Prophet-saww instructed the rich to keep the sheep and instructed the poor to keep the chicken’’. [30] (From a non-Shia source)
And it is Permissible to eat the chicken due to what is reported by the two sheykhs, and Al Tirmizi, and Al Nasaie from Ibrahim Bin Rahdam Bin Al Musrim Al Haramy who said, ‘We were in the presence of Abu Musa Al-Ashary. He called for a meal and upon it was chicken meat. There came out from the Banu Taymalla Ahmar resembling the slaves. He said, ‘Come on, pause! ’ He said, ‘Come on (eat), for I saw the Prophet-saww eating from it’’. [31] (From a non-Shia source)