Once on a rainy muddy day, Ibn ʿAbbas delivered a sermon in our presence and when the Mu'adhdhin pronounced the Adhan and said, "Haiyi ʿala-s-sala(t) (come for the prayer)" Ibn ʿAbbas ordered him to say 'Pray at your homes.' The people began to look at each other (surprisingly). Ibn ʿAbbas said. "It was done by one who was much better than I (i.e. the Prophet ﷺ or his Mu'adh-dhin), and it is a license.'
عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَعَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ صَاحِبِ الزِّيَادِيِّ وَعَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي يَوْمٍ رَدْغٍ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ حَىَّ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُنَادِيَ الصَّلاَةُ فِي الرِّحَالِ فَنَظَرَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَالَ فَعَلَ هَذَا مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ وَإِنَّهَا عَزْمَةٌ