This tradition has been narrated by Abu Jafar, the Muadhdhin of ‘Uryan mosque (at Kufah), from Abu al-Muthanna, the Muadhdhin of masjid al-akbar (at kufah) on the authority of Ibn Umar. The rest of the tradition was transmitted in a like manner.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Zayd: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم intended to do many things for calling (the people) to prayer, but he did not do any of them. Then Abdullah ibn Zayd was taught in a dream how to pronounce the call to prayer. He came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and informed him. He said: Teach it to Bilal. He then taught him, and Bilal made a call to prayer. Abdullah said: I saw it in a dream and I wished to pronounce it, but he (the Prophet) said: You should pronounce iqamah.

This tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Abdullah bin Zaid. He said: My grandfather pronounced the Iqamah.

Narrated Ziyad ibn al-Harith as-Sudai: When the adhan for the dawn prayer was initially introduced, the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم commanded me to call the adhan and I did so. Then I began to ask: Should I utter iqamah, Messenger of Allah? But he began to look at the direction of the east, (waiting) for the break of dawn, and said: No. When the dawn broke, he came down and performed ablution and he then turned to me. In the meantime his Companions joined him. Then Bilal wanted to utter the iqamah, but the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said to him: The man of Suda' has called the adhan, and he who calls the adhan utters the iqamah.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: The muadhdhin will receive forgiveness to the extent to which his voice reaches, and every moist and dry place will testify on his behalf; and he who attends (the congregation of) prayer will have twenty-five prayers recorded for him and will have expiation for sins committed between every two times of prayer.

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: when the call to prayer is made; the devil turns his back and breaks wind so as not to hear the call being made; but when the call is finished, he turns round. When the second call to prayer (iqamah) is made, he turns his back, and when the second call is finished, he turns round and suggest notions in the mind of the man (at prayer) to distract his attention, saying: remember such and such, referring to something the man did not have n mind, with the result that he does not know how much he has prayed.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The imam is responsible and the muadhdhin is trusted, O Allah, guide the imams and forgive the muadhdhins.

This tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Abu Hurairah who reported it in a similar manner from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم .

Narrated A woman from Banu an-Najjar: Urwah ibn az-Zubayr reported on the authority of a woman from Banu an-Najjar. She said: My house was the loftiest of all the houses around the mosque (of the Prophet at Madina). Bilal used to make a call to the morning prayer from it. He would come there before the break of dawn and wait for it. When he saw it, he would yawn and say: O Allah, I praise you and seek Your assistance for the Quraysh so that they might establish Thine religion. He then would make the call to prayer. She (the narrator) said: By Allah, I do not know whether he ever left saying these words on any night.

Abu Juhaifah reported: I came to the prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم at Makkah; he was sitting in a tent made of leather. Then Bilal came out and called to prayer. I looked at his mouth following him this side and that side (i. e., right and left). Later at his Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم came out clad in a red suit, i. e, wearing the sheets of the Yemen, of the Qatri design. The version narrated by Musa has the word;“I saw Bilal going towards al-Abtah”. He then made a call to prayer. When he reached the words“ come to prayer, come to salvation”. He turned his neck right and left, respectively; he did not turn himself (with his whole body). He then entered (his house) and came out with a lancet. The narrator then reported the rest of the tradition.