Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَابْنُ بَكْرٍ الْمَعْنَى قَالَا أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يَقُولُ كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ حِينَ قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ يَجْتَمِعُونَ فَيَتَحَيَّنُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَلَيْسَ يُنَادِي بِهَا أَحَدٌ فَتَكَلَّمُوا يَوْمًا فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ اتَّخِذُوا نَاقُوسًا مِثْلَ نَاقُوسِ النَّصَارَى وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَلْ قَرْنًا مِثْلَ قَرْنِ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَوَلَا تَبْعَثُونَ رَجُلًا يُنَادِي بِالصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا بِلَالُ قُمْ فَنَادِ بِالصَّلَاةِ.
English Translation
Abdur-Razzaq and Ibn Bakr told us, with the same meaning, they said: Ibn Jurayj informed us: Nafi' informed me that Ibn Umar used to say: When the Muslims arrived in Madinah, they used to gather and wait for the time of prayer, without anyone calling out for it. One day they spoke about this, and some of them said: Take up a bell like the bell of the Christians. Others said: Rather, a horn like the horn of the Jews. Umar said: Why do you not send a man to call out for the prayer? So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Bilal, arise and call out for the prayer.