Mu‘awiya said that he heard God's Messenger say,“The mu’adhdhins will have the longest necks on the day of resurrection.”Muslim transmitted it.

Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying,“When a summons to prayer is made the evil turns his back and breaks wind so as not to hear the call being made, but when the summons is finished he turns round. When a second call to prayer is made he turns his back, and when the second call 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 mind, with the result that he does not know how much he has prayed.”(Bukhari and Muslim.)

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported God’s Messenger as saying,“All jinn, men, or any other creatures who hear the voice of the mu’adhdhin as far away as it is possible to hear it will testify on his behalf on the day of resurrection.”Bukhari transmitted it.

‘Abdallah b. ‘Amr b. al-‘As reported God's Messenger as saying,“When you hear the mu’adhdhin repeat what he says, then invoke a blessing on me, for everyone who invokes one blessing on me will receive ten blessings from God. Then ask God to give me the wasila, which is a rank in paradise fitting for only one of God’s servants, and I hope that I may be the one. If anyone asks that I be given the wasila, he will be assured of my intercession.”Muslim transmitted it.

‘Umar reported God’s Messenger as saying:When the mu’adhdhin says,“God is most great, God is most great,”and one of you makes the response,“God is most great, God is most great”; then says,“I testify that there is no god but God,”and he makes the response,“I testify that there is no god but God”; then says,“I testify that Muhammad is God’s Messenger,”and he makes the response,“I testify that Muhammad is God’s Messenger”; then says,“Come to prayer,”and he makes the response,“There is no might and no power except in God”; then says,“Come to salvation,”and he makes the response,“There is no might and no power except in God”; then says,“God is most great, God is most great,”and he makes the response,“God is most great, God is most great”; then says,“There is no god but God,”and he makes the response,“There is no god but God”; if he says this from his heart, he will enter paradise. Muslim transmitted it.

Jabir reported God’s Messenger as saying:If anyone says when he hears the summons,“O God, Lord of this perfect call and of the prayer which is established for all time, grant Muhammad the wasila and excellency, and raise him up in a praiseworthy position (Al-Qur’an; 17:79) which Thou hast promised,”he will be assured of my intercession. Bukhari transmitted it.

Anas said that the Prophet used to attack the enemy at dawn, and he would sometimes hear the adhan, so if he heard an adhan he stopped, but otherwise he attacked. Once on hearing a man say,“God is most great, God is most great,”God’s Messenger said,“You follow Islam.”Then hearing him say,“There is no god but God,”he said,“You have come forth from hell.”They looked at him and found that he was a goatherd. Muslim transmitted it.

Sa‘d b. Abu Waqqas reported God’s Messenger as saying:If anyone says when he hears the mu’adhdhin,“I testify that there is no god but God alone who has no partner and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger; I am satisfied with God as Lord, with Muhammad as Messenger, and with Islam as religion,”his sins will be forgiven him. Muslim transmitted it.

‘Abdallah b. Mughaffal reported God’s Messenger as saying,“Between every pair of adhans there is a prayer; between every pair of adhans there is a prayer.”Then he said on repeating it a third time,“for him who wishes.”(Bukhari and Muslim.)

Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying,“The imam is responsible and the mu'adhdhin is trusted. O God, guide the imams and forgive the mu'adhdhins.”Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Shafi’i transmitted it, and in another version by Shafi’i the wording of al-Masabih is used.