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Sahih al-Bukhari 603صحيح البخاري 603
حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ ذَكَرُوا النَّارَ وَالنَّاقُوسَ، فَذَكَرُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى، فَأُمِرَ بِلاَلٌ أَنْ يَشْفَعَ الأَذَانَ وَأَنْ يُوتِرَ الإِقَامَةَ.
Narrated Anas: The people mentioned the fire and the bell (they suggested those as signals to indicate the starting of prayers), and by that they mentioned the Jews and the Christians. Then Bilal was ordered to pronounce Adhan for the prayer by saying its wordings twice, and for the Iqama (the call for the actual standing for the prayers in rows) by saying its wordings once. (Iqama is pronounced when the people are ready for the prayer).
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
عمران بن ميسرة ← عبد الوارث بن سعيد ← خالد بن مهران ← عبد الله بن زيد ← أنس بن مالك بن النضر
Imran ibn Maysara → Abd al-Warith ibn Sa'id → Khalid ibn Mihran → Abdullah ibn Zayd → Anas bin Malik
