أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُؤَذِّنَ مَسْجِدِ الْعُرْيَانِ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُثَنَّی مُؤَذِّنِ مَسْجِدِ الْجَامِعِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنْ الْأَذَانِ فَقَالَ کَانَ الْأَذَانُ عَلَی عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَثْنَی مَثْنَی وَالْإِقَامَةُ مَرَّةً مَرَّةً إِلَّا أَنَّکَ إِذَا قُلْتَ قَدْ قَامَتْ الصَّلَاةُ قَالَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ فَإِذَا سَمِعْنَا قَدْ قَامَتْ الصَّلَاةُ تَوَضَّأْنَا ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا إِلَی الصَّلَاةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 672
It was narrated that Abu Al Muthanna, the Mu ‘adhdhin of the Jami’ Masjid, said: “I asked Ibn ‘Umar about the Adhan and he said: ‘At the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم the phrases of the Adhan were recited twice and the phrases of the Iqamah once, except that you should say (the phrase) Qad qamat i (prayer is about to begin) twice. When we heard ‘prayer is about to begin’ we would perform Wudu and go out to pray.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020