لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي النِّدَاءِ وَالصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَجِدُوا إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْتَهِمُوا عَلَيْهِ لَاسْتَهَمُوا
Transliteration
Law ya'lamu-n-nasu ma fi-n-nida'i wa-s-saffi-l-awwali thumma lam yajidu illa an yastahimu 'alayhi la-stahamu.
Translation
If people knew the reward of the call to prayer and the first row, and could find no way to obtain them except by drawing lots, they would draw lots for it.
Narrated by Abu Hurayrah·Sahih al-Bukhari 615, Sahih Muslim 437
