Chapter: The Virtue Of the Adhan, And The Shaitan Flees When He Hears It

Yahya narrated it on the authority of his uncle that he had been sitting in the company of Mu'awiyah bin Abu Sufyan (RA) when the Mu'adhdhin called (Muslims) to prayer. Mu'awiyah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying : The Mu'adhdhins will have the longest necks on the Day of Resurrection.

Abu Sufyan (RA) reported it on the authority of Jabir that he had heard the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) say: When Satan hears the call to prayer, he runs away to a distance like that of Rauha. Sulaimin said: I asked him about Rauha. He replied: It is at a distance of thirty-six miles from Madinah.

Abu Mu'awiyahh (RA) narrated it on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When Satan hears the call to prayer, he turns back and breaks the wind so as not to bear the call being made, but when the call is finished he turns round and distracts (the minds of those who pray), and when he hears the Iqamah he again runs away so as not to hear its voice and when it subsides, he comes back and distracts (the minds of those who stand for prayer).

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When the Mu'adhdhin calls to prayer, Satan runs back vehemently.

Suhail reported that his father sent him to Banu Haritha along with a boy or a man. Someone called him by his name from an enclosure. He (the narrator) said: The person with me looked towards the enclosure, but saw nothing. I made a mention of that to my father. He said: If I knew that you would meet such a situation I would have never sent you (there), but (bear in mind) whenever you hear such a call (from the evil spirits) pronounce the Adhan. for I have heard Abu Hurairah (RA) say that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whenever Adhan is proclaimed, Satan runs back vehemently.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Apostle (ﷺ) said: When the call to prayer is made, Satan runs back and breaks wind so as not to hear the call being made, and when the call is finished. he turns round. When Iqama is proclaimed he turns his back, and when it is finished he turns round to distract a man, saying: Remember such and such; remember such and such, referring to something the man did not have in his mind, with the result that he does not know how much he has prayed.

A hadith like it has been narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA) but for these words: " He (the man saying the prayer) does not know how much he has prayed."