The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) pointed out that there is a supererogatory prayer between every Adhān and Iqāmah, repeating this three times. He informed in the third time that this is recommended for whoever wants to offer this prayer.

• Prayer between the Adhān and Iqāmah is recommended.
• It was part of the Prophet's guidance to repeat his statement, so as to make it heard and stress the significance of what he said.
• The "two Adhāns" refers to the Adhān and Iqāmah. They are called two Adhāns for its dominant usage, such as saying: the two moons (i.e., the sun and the moon) and the two ‘Umars (i.e., Abu Bakr and ‘Umar).
• The Adhān announces that the time of prayer has come, and the Iqāmah announces that prayer is about to be performed.

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5. Voluntary Prayer
6. Hadith

• When anyone of you enters the mosque, let him offer two Rak‘ahs before he sits down
• I see that you like sheep and wilderness. So whenever you are with your sheep - or in the wilderness - and you want to call the Adhān, raise your voice
• Bilāl calls the Adhān at night; so, eat and drink until you hear the Adhān called by Ibn Umm Maktūm
• I came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) when he was in a red leather tent. Bilāl stepped out with ablution water (that was left over from the Prophet's ablution. There were some people who managed to get some of...