Anas said they mentioned kindling fire and the use of a bell, and mentioned the Jews and the Christians. Then Bilal was ordered to repeat the call to prayer twice and the statement that the time for prayer had come (<i>al-iqama</i>) once. Isma'il[1] said that he mentioned it to Ayyub,[2] and he said it was correct except regarding the <i>iqama</i>. (Bukhari and Muslim.) 1. Bukhari (<i>Adhan</i>, 3) gives a shorter form of the tradition than that above, mentioning Ismail b. Ibrahim in his <i>isnad</i> and telling how he made the enquiry of Ayyub. 2. Ayyub b. Abu Tamima.

عَن أنس قَالَ: ذَكَرُوا النَّارَ وَالنَّاقُوسَ فَذَكَرُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى فَأُمِرَ بِلَالٌ أَنْ يَشْفَعَ الْأَذَانَ وَأَنْ يُوتِرَ الْإِقَامَةَ. قَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ: فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِأَيُّوبَ. فَقَالَ: إِلَّا الْإِقَامَة