469 - Mahmud ibn Khalid narrated to us, saying: 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-Wahid narrated to us, saying: I heard someone asking al-Awza'i about the traveler: Should he call the adhan while on his mount? He said: "Yes, and in whatever direction he is facing. But when it is time for the iqamah, he should descend to the ground and face the qiblah."

Chapter: The Iqamah

• I heard Ahmad say: "The iqamah is [performed] once [for each phrase], and doing it twice [for each phrase] is also sufficient."

• And I heard Ishaq say: "What we choose regarding the iqamah is [to perform it] once, because it is more authentic in the Sunnah, but doing it twice [for each phrase] is permissible."

• And I heard Ishaq say: "If a man performs the iqamah twice [for each phrase] and persists in that—based on religious commitment—and he is someone who has grasped the knowledge, then he has persisted upon it, and I do not criticize him. But if he is outside the bounds we have described, then his returning to performing it once is more beloved to us. As for one who is being taught the adhan, he is taught it [to be performed] twice [for each phrase], and the iqamah [to be performed] once [for each phrase]."

470 - Sa'id ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn 'Ayyash narrated to us, from 'Amr ibn Muhajir, from 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, that he said: "The adhan is [performed] twice, and the iqamah is [performed] once."

471 - 'Amr ibn 'Uthman narrated to us, saying: al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us, from Abu 'Amr, from Ibn Shihab and Makhul, who both said: "The Sunnah has passed that the adhan is performed in pairs, and the iqamah is performed once [for each phrase], except for: 'The prayer has been established,' which is [performed] twice."