Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 195
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمُنْعِمِ، هُوَ صَاحِبُ السِّقَاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، وَعَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لِبِلاَلٍ " يَا بِلاَلُ إِذَا أَذَّنْتَ فَتَرَسَّلْ فِي أَذَانِكَ وَإِذَا أَقَمْتَ فَاحْدُرْ وَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَ أَذَانِكَ وَإِقَامَتِكَ قَدْرَ مَا يَفْرُغُ الآكِلُ مِنْ أَكْلِهِ وَالشَّارِبُ مِنْ شُرْبِهِ وَالْمُعْتَصِرُ إِذَا دَخَلَ لِقَضَاءِ حَاجَتِهِ وَلاَ تَقُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْنِي " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan narrated to us: al-Muʿallā ibn Asad narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Munʿim (the water-skin maker) narrated to us: Yaḥyā ibn Muslim narrated to us, from al-Ḥasan and ʿAṭāʾ, from Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Bilāl: “Bilāl, when you call the adhān, do so deliberately and clearly; when you call the iqāmah, do it quickly. Leave between your adhān and iqāmah enough time for someone eating to finish his food, someone drinking to finish his drink, and someone who needs to relieve himself to do so. Do not stand [for prayer] until you see me.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لِبِلاَلٍ " يَا بِلاَلُ إِذَا أَذَّنْتَ فَتَرَسَّلْ فِي أَذَانِكَ وَإِذَا أَقَمْتَ فَاحْدُرْ وَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَ أَذَانِكَ وَإِقَامَتِكَ قَدْرَ مَا يَفْرُغُ الآكِلُ مِنْ أَكْلِهِ وَالشَّارِبُ مِنْ شُرْبِهِ وَالْمُعْتَصِرُ إِذَا دَخَلَ لِقَضَاءِ حَاجَتِهِ وَلاَ تَقُومُوا حَتَّى تَرَوْنِي " .
The Arabic uses a term for someone who enters to attend to a bodily need; the translation renders its practical meaning without specifying which need.
No decision requested; the source’s broad wording is retained.