2 - Chapter: The Repetition of the Adhan (Call to Prayer)

627 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id informed us, saying: 'Abd al-Wahhab narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Abu Qilabah, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded Bilal(1) to make the adhan in pairs (shaf') and to make the iqamah odd (witr).(2)

628 - 'Amr ibn 'Ali informed us, saying: Yahya narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, saying: Abu Ja'far narrated to me, from Abu al-Muthanna, from Ibn 'Umar, who said: The adhan during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was repeated twice in pairs (mathna mathna), and the iqamah was said once each, except that you say: "The prayer has begun (qad qamat al-salah), the prayer has begun (qad qamat al-salah)."(3)

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(1) In the margin of (K), (M), and (H): "Bilal was commanded," meaning instead of his saying: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded Bilal."
(2) Its chain of transmission is authentic. 'Abd al-Wahhab: he is Ibn 'Abd al-Majid al-Thaqafi, and Ayyub: he is Ibn Abi Tamimah al-Sakhtiyani, and Abu Qilabah: he is 'Abdullah ibn Zayd al-Jarmi. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (1604).
Ahmad (12001) and Muslim (378): (5) also narrated it via 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn 'Abd al-Majid, with this chain.
Al-Bukhari (605), Muslim (378): (5), Abu Dawud (508), and Ibn Hibban (1675) also narrated it via various routes from Ayyub, with it. In al-Bukhari and Abu Dawud, there is an addition: "except the iqamah" (i.e., except his saying: "The prayer has begun"). Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in "Al-Fath" 2/83: From that resulted a complete jinas (wordplay).
Ahmad (12971), al-Bukhari (603), (606), (607), and (3457), Muslim (378): (2), (3), and (4), Abu Dawud (509), al-Tirmidhi (193), Ibn Majah (729) and (730), and Ibn Hibban (1676) also narrated it via Khalid al-Hadhdha', from Abu Qilabah, with it. In some narrations it states: When the people became numerous, they mentioned that they should know the time of prayer by something they could recognize, so they mentioned kindling a fire or striking a bell, then Bilal was commanded... the hadith.
(3) Authentic due to others (hasan li-ghayrihi), and this chain is hasan (good) because of Abu Ja'far, who is Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muslim the mu'adhdhin; Ibn Ma'in and al-Daraqutni said: There is no harm in him, and Ibn Hibban mentioned him in "Al-Thiqat" 7/371 and said: He used to err. The rest of its narrators are trustworthy. Yahya: he is Ibn Sa'id al-Qattan, and Abu al-Muthanna: he is =