ON THE SUBJECT OF 186 THE VIRTUE OF THE CALL TO PRAYER; VIRTUE OF THE CALL TO PRAYER H 1049 "If people knew what (reward) there is in the call to prayer and in the first row for prayer, they would seek to draw lots to secure these places. If they knew the merit of coming early to prayer they would compete with each other, hastening to it; and if they realized the value of the dawn (fajr) and late evening (isha) prayers they would come to them even if they had to crawl." R 1049 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
باب فضل الأذان 1033- عن أَبي هريرة رضي الله عنه : أنَّ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ، قَالَ : "لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا في النِّدَاءِ والصَّفِ الأَوَّلِ ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَجِدُوا إِلاَّ أنْ يَسْتَهِمُوا عَلَيْهِ لاسْتَهَمُوا عَلَيْهِ ، ولو يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِي التَّهْجِيرِ لاسْتَبَقُوا إِلَيْهِ ، وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِي العَتَمَةِ وَالصُّبْحِ لأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْواً" متفقٌ عَلَيْهِ . " الاسْتِهَامُ" : الاقْتِرَاعُ ، وَ"التَّهْجِيرُ" : التَّبْكِيرُ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ .