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What is Mishkat al-Masabih 597 about?

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This hadith from Mishkat al-Masabih (Book of Prayer) states: "Abu Mahdhura said that the Prophet taught him the adhan as consisting of nineteen words, and the iqama as consisting of seventeen words.

Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasa’i, Darimi and Ibn Majah tran…"

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Which collection is this hadith from?

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This hadith is from Mishkat al-Masabih, which contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books. It is hadith number 597 in the Book of Prayer.

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Mishkat al-Masabih #597

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