A man said, "Messenger of Allah, the muezzins surpass us in reward."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Say as they say, and when you finish, ask, and you will be granted."
أن رجلا قال: يا رسول الله: إن المؤذنين يفضلوننا. فقال رسول الله ﷺ: قل كما يقولون، فإذا انتهيت فسل تعطه.
Reported by Abu Dawud (524), and this is his wording, and Ahmad (6601) and Bayhaqi (1/410), all of them through the route of Huyayy, from Abu Abdul-Rahman, meaning Hubuli, from Abdullah bin Amr, who related it.Huyayy is Ibn Abdullah bin Shurayh Maafiri Misri, and there is disagreement about him. Bukhari said, "There is something questionable about him." Ahmad said, "His hadiths are objectionable." Nasai said, "He is not strong." But Ibn Main said, "There is no harm in him." Ibn Adi said, "I hope there is no harm in him if a trustworthy narrator transmits from him."I say, here Ibn Wahb transmitted from him, and he is trustworthy. The Hafiz also graded it hasan in Nataij Afkar (1/378).As for what Malik related in the Book of Prayer (7) from Abu Hazim bin Dinar, from Sahl bin Saad Saadi, that he said, "There are two hours during which the gates of heaven are opened, and rarely is a supplicant's prayer rejected, at the time the call to prayer is made, and when the ranks are formed in the path of Allah," this is mawquf.Ibn Abdul-Barr said in Tamhid (21/138), "This is how it is, mawquf on Sahl bin Saad in the Muwatta according to the group of narrators, and something like this is not said as a matter of personal opinion. Ayub bin Suwayd, Muhammad bin Khalid, and Ismail bin Umar related it from Malik as marfu." Then he traced chains back to these narrators.Musa bin Yaqub differed from Malik and related it from Abu Hazim, from Sahl bin Saad, as marfu. This was reported by Abu Dawud (2540), Ibn Khuzayma (419), Hakim (1981), and Bayhaqi (1/410), all of them through this route. Its wording is, "Two supplications are not rejected, or rarely are rejected, supplication at the time of the call to prayer, and at the time of distress when the two sides clash in battle."Hakim said, "This is a hadith that Musa bin Yaqub alone transmits, and it has been related from Malik, from Abu Hazim, and Musa bin Yaqub is among those from whom unique narrations are found." Bayhaqi said, "Zamii, that is Musa bin Yaqub, made it marfu, while Malik bin Anas, the imam, made it mawquf."I say, it appears that Musa bin Yaqub erred in making this hadith marfu, because he was described as having poor memory. Ibn Madini said, "His hadith is daif, his hadith is objectionable." Nasai and others graded him daif. The Hafiz indicated that there is disagreement about him, but he said, "A hadith with a sahih chain," in Nataij Afkar (1/379–380). Perhaps this was on account of the corroborating narrations.The conclusion is that his hadith is graded hasan when it does not contradict others, but here he has contradicted one of the imams, namely Malik bin Anas.There is also a narration concerning asking for the wasilah upon hearing the adhan, from the hadith of Abu Darda and Ibn Masud, as marfu, but there is weakness in both of their chains, as Ibn Rajab stated in his Fath (3/464).I say, there is also a narration on this subject from Abu Saeed Khudri, Anas bin Malik, and Abu Hurairah. Tabarani related some of these in Kitab Duaa, and they are all daif.