Those who said: when one hears the caller, he should respond

Urwah says: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) found a man missing from the Fajr prayer, so he sent for him. He came, and Umar said: "Where were you?" He said: "I was ill, and had your messenger not come to me, I would not have come out." Sayyiduna Umar said: "If you were going to come out to anyone, then come out to the prayer."

Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Whoever hears the caller (to prayer) and does not respond to him without an excuse, there is no prayer for him.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whoever hears the caller to prayer and does not respond to him without an excuse, there is no prayer for him.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: That the ear of the son of Adam be filled with molten lead is better for him than that he hears the caller to prayer and then does not respond to him.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Whoever hears the caller to prayer and does not respond to him has not intended good, nor has good been intended for him.

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever hears the caller to prayer and does not respond to him without an excuse, there is no prayer for him.

Ibn Sirin said: Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) once came out having washed half of his head. He said: "The caller to prayer came and made me hurry, and I disliked holding him back."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: There is no prayer for the neighbour of the mosque except in the mosque. Someone asked him: "Who is the neighbour of the mosque?" He said: "The one who hears the caller to prayer."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not come to the prayer without an excuse, his prayer does not rise beyond his head.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: If you are going to answer anyone who calls, then answer the caller of Allah.

Abdullah bin Shaddad said: One night, at the Isha prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to face the people and said: "I have resolved to order the prayer and have the call to prayer given for it, then go to the people who do not attend the prayer in the mosque and burn their houses down upon them."

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "The land of Madinah has many crawling creatures and marshy places; is there a concession for me to pray Isha and Fajr in my house?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you hear 'Hayya 'ala al-salah' (Come to prayer) and 'Hayya 'ala al-falah' (Come to success)?" He said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then you must come to the prayer."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "I am a blind man and my house is far away, and I have no one who can take me by the hand and bring me to the mosque. Is there a concession for me not to come to the mosque?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No."

Mujahid said: A man kept coming to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) for a month, asking him about a man who fasts by day and stands in prayer by night but does not attend the Friday prayer or the congregation: if he dies, what will become of him? He said: "He will go to Hell."