Explanation of the Book of the Adhan-02b

The reader: Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us, saying: Ghandar narrated to us, saying: Shu'bah narrated to us, saying: I heard Amr ibn Amir al-Ansari from Anas ibn Malik, who said: When the mu'adhdhin would call the adhan, some of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would rush to the pillars until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out, and while they were doing so, they would pray the two rak'ahs before Maghrib. There was nothing between the adhan and the iqamah. Uthman ibn Jabalah and Abu Dawud, from Shu'bah, said: There was only a little time between them.

The Shaykh : There should be a time between the adhan and the iqamah according to the needs of the people. For example, in the summer days, the time between the adhan and the iqamah for the Fajr prayer is extended because people are generally sleeping until the dawn appears. In winter, it is the opposite. For the Zuhr prayer, the time is extended longer because people will pray four rak'ahs of rawatib along with the wudu', so they wait longer. Likewise, for the Maghrib prayer, they wait until people pray the first sunnah of Maghrib, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This implies that the time should be extended. More important than that, more important than all of that, is that the imam should be on a consistent schedule; he should not make one day late and another day early, thereby deceiving the people and governing them with an unjust policy. Some people have chosen to have a mosque in the town that is later than the other mosques so that whoever missed the prayer in the other mosques would pray in this later one. We used to know this in the past when the town was small; if a person missed the prayer in his neighborhood mosque, he could go to this mosque. And regarding the statement: "There was nothing between the adhan and the iqamah," he explained it... meaning that there was only a little time between them, enough for people to pray the sunnah of Maghrib, and then the iqamah is called. Yes.