but al-Ḥākim mentioned a supporting witness for it through the route of Ibn Wahb, who informed me from Ibn Lahīʿah, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Jaʿfar, from Nāfiʿ with it. This isnād is authentic, as all its narrators are trustworthy. Although there is some criticism of Ibn Lahīʿah regarding his memory, this is specific to when it is not from the narration of the ʿAbādilah from him, and Ibn Wahb is one of them. ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Saʿīd al-Azdī, al-Sājī, and others said: "When the ʿAbādilah narrate from Ibn Lahīʿah, it is authentic: Ibn al-Mubārak, Ibn Wahb, and al-Muqriʾ." Thus, the ḥadīth becomes authentic. All praise is due to Allāh for His guidance. In this ḥadīth, there is a clear virtue for the muʾadhdhin who perseveres in his adhān for the mentioned duration, and it is evident that this is conditioned upon the one who calls the adhān sincerely for the sake of Allāh, not seeking any provision, nor out of ostentation or reputation, due to the numerous established evidences in the Qurʾān and sunnah, which indicate that Allāh only accepts deeds that are sincerely for Him. (Refer to the book "al-Riyāʾ" at the beginning of "al-Targhīb wa-al-Tarhīb" by al-Mundhirī). It has been established that a man came to Ibn ʿUmar and said: I love you for the sake of Allāh. He replied: Then bear witness against me that I dislike you for the sake of Allāh! The man asked: Why? He said: Because you make mistakes in your adhān and you take a wage for it! It is truly regrettable that this great act of worship and Islamic rite has been largely abandoned by most Muslim scholars in our lands. You hardly see any of them calling the adhān in any mosque, except as Allāh wills. Rather, they may even be embarrassed to perform it, while you see them eagerly pursuing the role of imām, even quarreling over it! To Allāh is the complaint regarding the estrangement of this time.