Informing the imam and the ruler of the iqamah

Mujahid said: When Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Makkah, Sayyiduna Abu Mahdhurah (may Allah be pleased with him), having already given the adhan, came to him and said: "O Commander of the Believers, it is time for prayer. Hayya 'ala al-salah, hayya 'ala al-salah, hayya 'ala al-falah, hayya 'ala al-falah (Come to prayer, come to prayer; come to success, come to success)." At this Sayyiduna Umar said: "Are you mad? Was the call you have already given not enough for us to come to the mosque?"

Mughirah said: When people were slow in coming to the prayer, the muezzin would say these words: "Ashhadu anna Muhammadan rasul Allah, qad qamat al-salah, qad qamat al-salah, hayya 'ala al-salah, hayya 'ala al-salah, hayya 'ala al-falah, hayya 'ala al-falah (I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; the prayer has begun, the prayer has begun; come to prayer, come to prayer; come to success, come to success)."