Al-Kāfi

Hadith 1138
call-to-prayerwomen
18ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَيْهَا أَذَانٌ وَإِقَامَةٌ قَالَ لاَ.
18. Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Jamil ibn Darraj who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), if a woman is required to say Adhan and ‘Iqamah. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, she is not required.’”
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī

Similar narrations

  • Al-Kāfi #1131 “He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not harmful if a man says Adhan without Wudu’ but he does not say ‘Iqamah without it.’”
  • Al-Kāfi #1133 “Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about Adhan if one who is not well versed can say Adhan. He (the Imam) said, ‘Adhan does not come...
All narrations in Commencement of Adhan, Iqamah, and the Excellence of Reading them Browse all books Search more hadith