On the authority of Jabir, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to Bilal: "O Bilal, when you give the call to prayer (adhan), do so slowly and deliberately, and when you give the second call (iqamah), do so quickly. And make the interval between your adhan and your iqamah the length of time it takes for the eater to finish his meal, the drinker to finish his drink, and the one who needs to relieve himself to enter and attend to his need. And do not stand until you see me."

(1) Its chain of transmission is very weak. 'Abd al-Mun'im ibn Nu'aym al-Basri, the companion of the water-skin, is abandoned in hadith (matruk), and his teacher Yahya ibn Muslim al-Basri is unknown, as the author indicated after the hadith.

It was also recorded by 'Abd ibn Humayd (1008) via the route of Yunus ibn Muhammad, and by Ibn 'Adi in "al-Kamil" 7/2649, and by al-Bayhaqi 1/428 via the route of Mu'alla ibn Mahdi, both from 'Abd al-Mun'im ibn Nu'aym, from Yahya ibn Muslim, with this chain.

It was also recorded by al-Hakim 1/204 via the route of 'Ali ibn Hammad ibn Abi Talib, from 'Abd al-Mun'im ibn Nu'aym al-Riyahi, from 'Amr ibn Fa'id al-Uswari, from Yahya ibn Muslim, with it. Thus he inserted 'Amr ibn Fa'id between 'Abd al-Mun'im and Yahya, and he is also unanimously agreed to be weak.

It was also recorded by al-Bayhaqi 1/428 via the route of Subayh ibn 'Umar al-Sirafi, from al-Hasan ibn 'Ubayd Allah, from al-Hasan and 'Ata', from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to Bilal, and he mentioned the like of it up to his words: "for the purpose of attending to his need." Al-Bayhaqi said: Its chain is not well-known, and the first chain is more famous than this one. We say: This Subayh ibn 'Umar is unknown.

It was also recorded by al-Daraqutni 1/238 via the route of 'Amr ibn Shamir, from 'Imran ibn Muslim, from Suwayd ibn Ghafalah, who said: I heard 'Ali ibn Abi Talib say: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to command us to recite the adhan slowly and deliberately and to hasten the iqamah. And 'Amr ibn Shamir al-Ju'fi is abandoned in hadith.

It was also recorded by al-Tabarani in "al-Awsat" (5026), and by Abu Nu'aym in "Akhbar Asbahan" 2/270 via the route of Waddah ibn Yahya, from Abu Mu'awiyah, from 'Umar ibn Bashir, from 'Imran ibn Muslim, from Sa'id ibn 'Alqamah, from 'Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to command Bilal to recite the adhan slowly and deliberately and to hasten the iqamah. And this chain is very weak. Waddah ibn =