Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I used to spend the night in the mosque of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). I was a young, unmarried man. Dogs used to come and go in the mosque and urinate, and nothing was sprinkled over their urine. (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The statement of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that dogs used to urinate means that they did so outside the mosque and then would come and go in the mosque, but due to their coming and going, no water was sprinkled in the mosque.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: During the blessed time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we used to eat bread and meat in the mosque, and then we would perform the prayer. We would not perform ablution again.

Sayyiduna Malik bin Huwairith (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We came to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). We were young men of similar age. We stayed with him for twenty days. When he realized that we were missing our families, he asked us what we had left behind for our families. We informed him about this. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was very kind and soft-hearted. He said: Go back to your families, stay with them, teach them, and command them, and perform the prayer as you have seen me performing the prayer. When the time for prayer comes, let one of you give the call to prayer (adhan), and let the eldest among you lead the prayer. (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The statement of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), "Perform the prayer as you have seen me performing it," is a command that includes everything the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to do during the prayer. However, among those things which have been declared optional (nafl) by consensus or by another hadith, there is no harm for the one who leaves them during the prayer. But those things which have not been specified as optional by consensus or hadith, all addressed individuals are obliged to perform them, and it is not permissible to leave them under any circumstances.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If people were to know what (reward and virtue) there is in the call to prayer and in the first row, and then they had no way (to attain it) except by drawing lots, they would surely draw lots for it. And if they were to know what (reward and virtue) there is in the ‘Isha and Fajr (prayer in congregation), they would surely attend them both, even if they had to crawl to do so."

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Your Lord is very pleased with the shepherd of goats who is on the top of a mountain, he gives the call to prayer (adhan) for prayer and performs the prayer. Allah Almighty says: Look at My servant, he has given the adhan and has performed the prayer, he fears Me. I have forgiven My servant and I will admit him to Paradise."

Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Abdullah narrates from his father: Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "I have seen that you like to live among sheep and goats and prefer a rural life (the narrator is in doubt, or perhaps these are the words), or you live among sheep and goats and in the wilderness. So, give the call to prayer (adhan) and raise your voice while giving the adhan, for wherever the voice of the muezzin reaches, whatever jinn, human, or anything else hears it, it will bear witness in favor of that muezzin on the Day of Resurrection." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say this."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the muezzin gives the call to prayer (adhan), Satan turns his back and goes away, passing wind. When the muezzin becomes silent, he returns. Then when the muezzin gives the iqamah, he again turns his back and goes away, passing wind. When the muezzin becomes silent, Satan comes back and begins to cast different thoughts into a person's heart, to the extent that a person does not even remember how many units of prayer he has performed. When someone faces such a situation while praying, he should perform two prostrations of forgetfulness (sajda sahw) during the sitting (qa'dah)."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the call to prayer (adhan) is given, Satan turns his back and walks away. He passes wind as he goes. He goes so far away that he cannot hear the call to prayer. When the adhan is finished, Satan returns, and when the iqamah is pronounced, he turns away again. When the iqamah is finished, he comes back again and starts putting different thoughts into a person's heart. He says: Remember such-and-such, remember such-and-such. He reminds him of things that he did not remember before, to the extent that a person does not remember how much he has prayed."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: When Satan hears the call to prayer (adhan), he goes away until he reaches "Ruhā’." The narrator named Sulaiman says: I asked my teacher about "Ruhā’," and he replied: It is at a distance of 37 miles from Madinah Munawwarah.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man during a journey who was saying «الله اکبر» «اللہ اکبر» (i.e., he was giving the call to prayer). The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is upon the natural disposition (fitrah)." Then he said: «الشهد ان لا اله الا اللہ» , so the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hellfire has become forbidden for him." We hurried to this man and found that he was a shepherd of animals, and when the time for prayer came, he was giving the call to prayer for it.