Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Adhan

1- بَابُ بَدْءُ الأَذَانِ:

(1) Chapter. How the Adhan for Salat (prayer) was started.

2 hadith · references 603–604

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Bukhari · 603فَأُمِرَ بِلَالٌ أَنْ يَشْفَعَ الْأَذَانَ وَأَنْ يُوتِرَ الْإِقَامَةَThe 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 5 narrators Bukhari · 604يَا بِلَالُ قُمْ فَنَادِ بِالصَّلَاةِWhen the Muslims arrived at Medina, they used to assemble for the prayer, and used to guess the time for it. During those days, the practice of Adhan for the prayers had not been introduced yet. Once they discussed this 5 narrators