the original adhān that had existed in the Prophet’s ﷺ time—called from the minaret while the preacher was already on the pulpit.

He then recounted the incident of Hishām relocating the adhān, in virtually the same terms that al-Shāṭibī had transmitted earlier.

I say: I have not found any text that states unambiguously that the Prophetic Friday adhān was delivered from a minaret, apart from the previously cited report that it was made at the mosque’s door. Its apparent sense is that it was given from the roof by the entrance. This is further supported by the well-known fact that Bilāl—the one who used to give the Friday adhān—had a raised platform to which the muʾadhdhin would ascend. This is sound, for in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4/110 al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad relates from ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her):

“Bilāl would call the adhān during the night, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘Eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktūm calls the adhān, for he does not give it until daybreak.’”

Al-Qāsim added, “There was nothing between their two adhāns except that this one would climb up and that one would come down.”