that. He addressed his wife (saying) 'O the sister of Bani

Firas! What is this?' She said, 'O the pleasure of my eyes!

The food is now three times more than it was before.' Abu Bakr

ate from it, and said, 'That (oath) was from Satan' meaning

his oath (not to eat). Then he again took a morsel (mouthful)

from it and then took the rest of it to the Prophet. So that

meal was with the Prophet. There was a treaty between us and

some people, and when the period of that treaty had elapsed

the Prophet divided us into twelve (groups) (the Prophet's

companions) each being headed by a man. Allah knows how many

men were under the command of each (leader). So all of them

(12 groups of men) ate of that meal."

Bk. 11: Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

1.577:

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).

1.578:

Narrated Ibn `Umar: When 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

problem regarding the call for prayer. Some people suggested

the use of a bell like the Christians, others proposed a

trumpet like the horn used by the Jews, but `Umar was the

first to suggest that a man should call (the people) for the

prayer; so Allah's Apostle ordered Bilal to get up and

pronounce the Adhan for prayers.