Hadith 114

(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbar’ – from Abu Al-Hassan Bin Amro Bin Ali Bin Abdullah Al Basry, from Khalaf Bin Muhammad Al Balkhy, from his father Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Ayyash Bin Al Zahhak, from Makky Bin Ibrahim, from Ibn Jareeh, from Ata’a who said, ‘We were in the presence of Ibn Abbas at Al Taif, I and Abu Al-Aliya, and Saeed Bin Jubeyr, and Ikrimah (Bin Abu Jahl-la). The Muezzin came. He said, ‘Allah-azwj is Greatest! Allah-azwj is Greatest! ’, and the name of the Muezzin was Qusam Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Saqafi. Ibn Abbas said, ‘Do you know what the Muezzin said? ’
Abu Al-Aliya asked him. He said, ‘Inform us with its interpretation’. Ibn Abbas said, ‘When the Muezzin says, ‘Allah-azwj is Greatest! Allah-azwj is Greatest’, he is saying, ‘O occupants of the land, prayer has become obligatory, so devote yourself to it! ’
And when he says, ‘I testify there is no god except Allah-azwj’, he is saying, ‘The Day of Qiyamah will be established and whatever is in the skies and whatever is in the earth will testify for me that I had informed you five times during the day’. And when he says, ‘I testify Muhammad-saww is Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj’, he is saying, ‘The Qiyamah will be established and Muhammad-saww will testify for me upon you all that I had informed you with that five times during the day, and my argument will be established in the Presence of Allah-azwj’. When he says, ‘Hasten to the Salat’, he is saying, ‘An upright religion, therefore establish it’. And when he says, ‘Hasten to the success’, he is saying, ‘Come to obedience of Allah-azwj and take your shares from the Mercy of Allah-azwj’, meaning the congregation. And when the servant says, ‘Allah-azwj is Greatest, Allah-azwj is Greatest’, he is saying, ‘I have stopped the (other) actions’. And when he says, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj’, he is saying, ‘Entrustment of seven skies and seven earths, and the mountains, and the oceans has been placed upon your necks. If you like, you accept, and if you like, turn around’’. [179]