Abu
Mahdhura - Aws b. Mi'yar b. Lawzan al-Jumahi (d. 59/678-79) is a
Companion and one of the muezzins of Masjid al-Haram. He belongs to
Jumah clan of Quraysh. Since he was known by the nickname Abu
Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, it is debatable what his name and his father’s name
were. It is claimed that his name was Salman, Samura, Sumayr or
Salama and that his father’s name was Umayr.
Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه became a Muslim
in the year when Makkah was conquered after he met Rasulullah ﷺ
in
Jiranah.
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| Illustration Only = The Muezzin calling for prayer |
The incident
that caused Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه to become a Muslim took place as follows:
Rasulullahﷺ
was
returning from the Siege of Taif to Jiranah. When it was time to
pray, the muezzin started to call the adhan. Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه and ten
youths of Quraysh, who nursed a grudge and enmity against
Rasulullah ﷺ,
hid somewhere when they heard the adhan and started to call the adhan
aloud by imitating the sound of the muezzin and mocking him.
Rasulullah ﷺ
noticed that one
of them had a very nice voice and called them; he made them call
adhan again.
Rasulullah ﷺ
liked the sound of
Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه,
who called adhan last, and taught him how to call adhan; then, when
it was time for the next prayer, Rasulullahﷺ
patted his head
and ordered him to call the adhan. Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه fulfilled this order unwillingly; Rasulullahﷺ
gave
him some silver coins and prayed for him.
Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, whose heart warmed toward Islam, became a Muslim
there. He asked
Rasulullahﷺ
to appoint him as
the muezzin of Masjid al-Haram. Rasulullahﷺ
accepted his
request and told Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه to go to Attab b. Asid رضي الله عنه, the
governor of Makkah, tell him about his new duty.
Abu
Mahzurah رضي الله عنه called adhan in the Kaaba with Bilal al-Habashi until Rasulullah ﷺ
left Makkah. Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه never cut the part of his hair, that Rasulullah ﷺ
patted,
over his forehead due to his respect. Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه continued calling
adhan in Makkah until he died in
59 H (678-79 AD).
After his death, his sons and grandsons called adhan in Makkah for
centuries.
Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه knew the names of the ancestors of Qurayshis very well. His wife, Umm Abdul Malik, his son , Aswad b. Yazid an-Nahai, Abdullah b.
Muhayriz, Ibn Abu Mulayka and others reported hadiths from him. Eight
narrations of his, all of which are related to the Rasulullahﷺ
’s
teaching him adhan, are included in Ahmad b. Hanbal's Musnad.
One of those
narrations is included in Sahih Muslim and the others in the four
Sunan of Kutub as-Sitta.
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| Illustration Only - The Muezzin Calling for prayer |
Another version about Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه
A child called
Abu Mahzurah RA was making fun with the muezzin (the Caller to
Prayer) by imitating Him. Rasulullahﷺ
called him and
said to him with a serious and soft manner as if he had not realized
his mockery with the adhan:
“Let
us hear you call an adhan here too.”
Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, who was embarrassed, called an adhan by using all of his skill. Rasulullahﷺ
corrected the
incomplete and mistaken parts of his adhan and put a few coins to his
pocket and said to him by patting his back:
“Let
it be blessed…” Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه was still taken aback by his compliment and remittance. Abu
Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, asked permission to be a muezzin in Makkah and got it.
Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, was going to be the muezzin of Makkah for years. (16)
Abu
Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, who mocked Adhan eventually became Rasulullah ﷺ muezzin.
Imam
Ahmad said, narrated to us that Soon ibn Ubadah, told us Ibn Juraij, told
us Abdul Aziz ibn Abdul Malik ibn Abu Mahzurah, that Abdullah ibn
Muhairiz had told him the following hadith, while he was an orphan
under the protection of Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه,. He said, "I once said
to Abu Mahzurah," O my uncle, I will certainly go to Syam, and I
would like to ask you about the Adhan you have done. "
Abdullah
ibn Muhairiz continues his story: Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, answered him with a
positive response, then recounted that he had traveled with a number
of people, and when he and his friends were on the road leading to
Hunain, Rasulullah ﷺ
on his way back of
Hunain.
Then
we ( Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, and his companions) met Rasulullahﷺ
on the way. Then
Rasulullah ﷺ
called Adhan for
prayers near Rasulullahﷺ. And
we heard the sound of Adhan as we began to move away from him, and we
shouted aloud to imitate the sound of the Adhan in mockery of the
adzan's voice. It turned out that Rasulullah ﷺ
heard
our voice, and he sent us a messenger, and we were finally brought
before him. Rasulullahﷺ asked,
"Who among you has heard my voice before me?" So the people
who were with Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه warned him and they were right.
Rasulullahﷺ
released
everything, while Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, was detained, and he said, "Stand
up and cry out!"
Abu
Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, said, "Then I had to stand up. There was nothing I
could do besides Rasulullahﷺ
and what he
commanded me. Then I stood before Rasulullahﷺ
and Rasulullahﷺ
himself taught me
the Adhan sentence, namely;
"Allah
is Great, Allah is Great. I testify that there is no God but Allah, I
testify that there is no God but God, I testify that Muhammad is the
Messenger of God, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God. to
success, to success, to God the Great, to the Great God, there is no
God but God. "
When
I had finished summoning Adhan, Rasulullahﷺ
saw me and gave me
a bag containing some silver coins. "Then he placed his hands on
the Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه,'s tiles, and wiped them up to his face, then
dropped to both sides of his chest, his heart beating.
Rasulullahﷺ reached
the center of Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, and said: "May Allah bless you,
and may Allah bless your deeds."
Then
I (Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه,) said, "O Messenger of Allah, command me to
be a pilgrim in Makkah." Rasulullahﷺ
said, "I have
commanded you to do this work." Since that time all his hatred
for Rasulullahﷺ
has
vanished and the incident has changed, his whole soul has become
deeply in love with Rasulullahﷺ.
Then
he came to Attab ibn Usaid, An Amil of Rasulullahﷺ
in
Makkah, and he became a devotee in
prayer with Attab ibn Usaid at the behest of Rasulullahﷺ.
Abdul
Aziz ibn Abdul Malik said he had told him the same thing. "Everyone
I met from my family who met Abu Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, told the same story that
Abdullah ibn Muhairiz told me." The same thing has been narrated
by Imam Ahmad.
A
Muslim priest in his book of Sahih and Ahlus Sunan whose four people
recite it through the path of Abdullah ibn Muhairiz, from Abu
Mahzurah رضي الله عنه, whose name is Samurah ibn Muir ibn Luzan, one of the
four mu'adzin of Rasulullahﷺ.
He was a Makkan mu'adzin for a long time.
p
/ s: Look at the way Rasulullahﷺ
preached, filled
with peace and wisdom. Unlike most of us today who are quick to talk,
talk, curse, and so forth.
References:
- TDV. İslam
Ansiklopedisi, Abu Mahdhura item.
- M. Asım Köksal, İslam Tarihi, Köksal Yayıncılık: 7/117-119
- M. Asım Köksal, İslam Tarihi, Köksal Yayıncılık: 7/117-119
-(Musnad, 3/408-409; Abdurrazzaq, Musannaf, 1/458)
-(Abdurrazzaq, Musannaf, 1/458-459; Ahmad b. Hanbal. Musnad, III/408)
-(Ibn Sa'd, Tabaqat, 5/450; Dhahabi, Siyaru A'lamin-Nubala, 3/78)
-(see Musnad, 3/408-409; 4/401)
-[Excerpt from Imam Ibn Katsir - Interpretation of Ibn Katsir, Surah al-Maa-idah, verse 58]
- (see Musnad, 3/408-409; 4/401)
