حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ يَعْنِي الْحِزَامِيَّ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلَاةِ أَدْبَرَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَهُ ضُرَاطٌ حَتَّی لَا يَسْمَعَ التَّأْذِينَ فَإِذَا قُضِيَ التَّأْذِينُ أَقْبَلَ حَتَّی إِذَا ثُوِّبَ بِالصَّلَاةِ أَدْبَرَ حَتَّی إِذَا قُضِيَ التَّثْوِيبُ أَقْبَلَ حَتَّی يَخْطُرَ بَيْنَ الْمَرْئِ وَنَفْسِهِ يَقُولُ لَهُ اذْکُرْ کَذَا وَاذْکُرْ کَذَا لِمَا لَمْ يَکُنْ يَذْکُرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ حَتَّی يَظَلَّ الرَّجُلُ مَا يَدْرِي کَمْ صَلَّی
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 859
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 (thenarrator) 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 wind) whenever you hear such a call (from the evil spirits) pronounce the Adhan. for I have heard Abu Huraira say that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upbn him) said: Whenever Adhan is proclaimed, Satan runs back vehemently.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020