Allah said,
﴿وَإِذَا نَـدَيْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَوةِ
اتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُواً وَلَعِباً﴾
(And when you proclaim the call for the Salah, they take it (but) as a mockery and
fun;) When you proclaim the Adhan for the prayer, which is the best action there
is, for those who have sound minds and good comprehension,
﴿اتَّخَذُوهَا﴾
(they take it...) also,
﴿هُزُواً وَلَعِباً ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ
قَوْمٌ لاَّ يَعْقِلُونَ﴾
(as a mockery and fun; that is because they are a people who understand not.) the
acts of worship and Allah's Law. These are the characteristics of the followers
of Shaytan who,
«إِذَا سَمِعَ الْأَذَانَ أَدْبَرَ
وَلَهُ حُصَاصٌ، أَيْ ضُرَاطٌ، حَتَّى لَا يَسْمَعَ التَّأْذِينَ فَإِذَا قُضِيَ التَّأْذِينُ،
أَقْبَلَ فَإِذَا ثُوِّبَ لِلصَّلَاةِ أَدْبَرَ، فَإِذَا قُضِيَ التَّثْوِيبُ أَقْبَلَ
حَتَّى يَخْطُرَ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ، فَيَقُولُ: اذْكُرْ كَذَا اذْكُرْ كَذَا،
لِمَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَذْكُرُ حَتَّى يَظَلَّ الرَّجُلُ لَا يَدْرِي كَمْ صَلَّى، فَإِذَا
وَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ ذلِكَ، فَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ السَّلَام»
(When the call for prayer is made, Shaytan takes to his heels passing wind so that
he may not hear the Adhan. When the call is finished he comes back, and when the
Iqamah is pronounced, Shaytan again takes to his heels. When the Iqamah is finished
he comes back again and tries to interfere with the person and his thoughts and
to say, `Remember this and that,' which he has not thought of before the prayer,
until the praying person forgets how much he has prayed. If anyone of you does not
remember, then he should perform two prostrations before pronouncing the Salam.)
This Hadith is agreed upon. Az-Zuhri said, "Allah mentioned the Adhan in His Book,
﴿وَإِذَا نَـدَيْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَوةِ
اتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُواً وَلَعِباً ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لاَّ يَعْقِلُونَ ﴾
(And when you proclaim the call for the Salah, they take it (but) as a mockery and
fun; that is because they are a people who understand not.)'' Ibn Abi Hatim recorded
this statement.
﴿قُلْ يَـأَهْلَ الْكِتَـبِ
هَلْ تَنقِمُونَ مِنَّآ إِلاَّ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَآ
أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ فَـسِقُونَ - قُلْ هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشَرٍّ
مِّن ذلِكَ مَثُوبَةً عِندَ اللَّهِ مَن لَّعَنَهُ اللَّهُ وَغَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ
مِنْهُمُ الْقِرَدَةَ وَالْخَنَازِيرَ وَعَبَدَ الطَّـغُوتَ أُوْلَـئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَاناً
وَأَضَلُّ عَن سَوَآءِ السَّبِيلِ - وَإِذَا جَآءُوكُمْ قَالُواْ ءَامَنَّا
وَقَدْ دَّخَلُواْ بِالْكُفْرِ وَهُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُواْ بِهِ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا
كَانُواْ يَكْتُمُونَ - وَتَرَى كَثِيراً مِّنْهُمْ يُسَـرِعُونَ فِى الإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ
وَأَكْلِهِمُ السُّحْتَ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ - لَوْلاَ يَنْهَـهُمُ الرَّبَّـنِيُّونَ
وَالاٌّحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ الإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ السُّحْتَ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُواْ
يَصْنَعُونَ ﴾
(59. Say: "O People of the Scripture! Do you criticize us for no other reason than
that we believe in Allah, and in what has been sent down to us and in that which
has been sent down before (us), and that most of you are rebellious'') (60. Say:
"Shall I inform you of something worse than that, regarding the recompense from
Allah: those who incurred the curse of Allah and His wrath, and those of whom He
transformed into monkeys and swine, and those who worshipped Taghut; such are worse
in rank, and far more astray from the straight path.'') (61. When they come to you,
they say: "We believe.'' But in fact they enter with disbelief and they go out with
the same. And Allah knows all that they were hiding.) (62. And you see many of them
hurrying for sin and transgression, and eating illegal things. Evil indeed is that
which they have been doing.) (63. Why do not the Rabbaniyyun and the Ahbar forbid
them from uttering sinful words and from eating illegal things. Evil indeed is that
which they have been performing.)