Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 202
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، أَخْبَرَنِي سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ، يَقُولُ كَانَ مُؤَذِّنُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُمْهِلُ فَلاَ يُقِيمُ حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ خَرَجَ أَقَامَ الصَّلاَةَ حِينَ يَرَاهُ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ هُوَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَحَدِيثُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . وَهَكَذَا قَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِنَّ الْمُؤَذِّنَ أَمْلَكُ بِالأَذَانِ وَالإِمَامَ أَمْلَكُ بِالإِقَامَةِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yaḥyā ibn Mūsā narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us: Isrāʾīl informed us: Simāk ibn Ḥarb informed me that he heard Jābir ibn Samurah say: The caller to prayer for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would wait and would not call the iqāmah until he saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) come out. When he saw him, he would call the iqāmah for prayer. Abū ʿĪsā said: The hadith of Jābir ibn Samurah is hasan sahih. We know the report of Isrāʾīl from Simāk only through this route. Some scholars said that the caller has greater authority over the adhān, and the imam has greater authority over the iqāmah.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَهَكَذَا قَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِنَّ الْمُؤَذِّنَ أَمْلَكُ بِالأَذَانِ وَالإِمَامَ أَمْلَكُ بِالإِقَامَةِ .
The source uses a comparative expression indicating who has greater say or responsibility over each call.
No decision requested; the relative authority is rendered without adding further procedure.