Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 1.581 Narrated by Abu
Qilaba
Anas said, "Bilal was ordered to pronounce the
wording of Adhan twice and of Iqama once only." The sub narrator Isma'il
said, "I mentioned that to Aiyub and he added (to that), 'Except Iqama
(i.e. Qad-Qamatis-Salat which should be said twice).' "
Al-Muwatta Hadith
Hadith 3.7
The Call to Prayer
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Hazim
ibn Dinar that Sahl ibn Sad as-Saidi said, "There are two times when the
gates of heaven are opened, and few who make supplication have it returned
to them unanswered. They are at the timeof the adhan, and in a rank of
people fighting in the way of Allah."
Malik was asked whether the adhan on the day
of jumua was called before the time had come for the prayer and he said,
"It is not called until after the sun has passed the meridian."
Malik was asked about doubling the adhan and
the iqama, and at what point people had to stand when the iqama for the
prayer was called. He said, "I have heard nothing about the adhan and iqama
except what I have seen people do. As for the iqama, it is not doubled.
That is what the people of knowledge in our region continue to do. As for
people standing up when the iqama for the prayer is called, I have not
heard of any definite point at which it is begun, and I consider it rather
to be according to people's (individual) capacity, for some people are
heavy and some are light, and they are not able to be as one man ."
Malik was asked about a gathering of people who
wished to do the prescribed prayer calling the iqama and not the adhan,
and he said, "lt is enough for them. The adhan is only obligatory in mosques
where the prayer is said in congregation."
Malik was asked about the muadhdhin saying "Peace
be upon you" to the imam and calling him to the prayer, and he was asked
who was the first person to whom such a greeting was made. He replied,
"I have not heard that this greeting occurred in the first community."
Yahya said that Malik was asked whether a muadhdhin
who called the people to prayer and then waited to see if anyone would
come and no one did, so he said the iqama and did the prayer by himself
and then people came after he had finished, should repeat the prayer with
them. Malik said, "He does not repeat the prayer, and whoever comes after
he has finished should do the prayer by himself."
Yahya said that Malik was asked about a muadhdhin
who called the adhan for a group of people, did voluntary prayers, and
then the group of people wanted to do the prayer with some one else saying
the iqama. He said, "There is no harm in that. His iqama or somebody else's
are the same."
Yahya said that Malik said, "The subh prayer
is still called before dawn. As for the other prayers, we believe that
they should only be called after the time has started."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 678 Narrated by Abdullah ibn
Umar
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He
who pronounces the Adhan for twelve years is assured of Paradise and sixty
merits are recorded for him every day for (every) Adhan and thirty merits
for every Iqamah.
Transmitted by Ibn Majah.