The Rules of the Adhan and Iqamah

1. The Adhan and Iqamah must be recited after the time for Salat has set in, and if it is recited before the time, either intentionally or unintentionally, then it will be void.
2. The Iqamah must be read after the Adhan, and it is not correct if it is read before the Adhan.
3. There must not be a large gap between the sentences in the Adhan and Iqamah when they are being read, and if the gap is greater than usual, then they (the Adhan and Iqamah) must be repeated.
4. If the Adhan and Iqamah have been recited for Salat Jama’at, one must not read his own Adhan and Iqamah if he is joining that Jama’at.
5. If someone goes to the Masjid for Salatul Jama’at, and when he gets there, he notices that the Salatul Jama’at has finished but (he knows that) the Adhan and Iqamah had been recited, then as long as the lines of the congregation have not broken and the people have not yet split up, then he is allowed to pray his Salat without reciting the Adhan and Iqamah.
6. The Mustahab Salat do not have an Adhan or Iqamah.
7. When a child is born, it is Mustahab that the Adhan is recited in the right ear and Iqamah in the left ear of the child.
8. It is Mustahab that the person who intends to read the Adhan, prepares himself for the Adhan, is a just person (‘Adil), distinguish the time of Adhan, and that he recites it in a loud voice.