We kindly request that you explain the virtue of the call to prayer and the reward granted to those who give it.

The call to prayer, the adhan, is one of the rites of Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) encouraged Muslims to perform it and promised a great reward to those who do. The Prophetic Sunnah contains reports highlighting the virtue of the call to prayer and the reward granted to those who give it. Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said, “If people knew the virtue of the call to prayer and standing in the first row, and found no other means of obtaining these except by casting lots, they would cast lots for them. And if they knew the reward of going early to the mosque for prayer, they would race to get there first. And if they knew the reward for the ʿIsha and Fajr prayers, they would come to them even if they had to crawl” (recorded by Bukhari and Muslim).[1] Muʿawiya (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) say, “The callers to prayer will have the longest necks on the Day of Resurrection” (recorded by Muslim in his Sahih).[2]

And Allah Almighty knows best.