English translation
3457. Narrated Anas رضي الله عنه: The people mentioned the fire and the bell [as means proposed for announcing the time of Ṣalāt (prayer)] and by such a suggestion they referred to the Jews and the Christians. But Bilāl was ordered, “Pronounce the words of the Adhān (i.e., call for the Ṣalāt) by saying its wordings twice in doubles, and for the Iqāma by saying its wordings once in singles.”(1)
