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Ibn Raslān said in his Sharḥ al-Sunan: “According to the overwhelming majority of scholars, leaving the mosque after the adhān is disliked when there is no excuse such as needing purification or the like; with a valid excuse, it is permitted without dislike.” Al-Qurṭubī added: “This must be treated as a ḥadīth traced back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, as the wording attributes it to him. Evidently he had heard something that required prohibiting departure from the mosque after the adhān, so he used the expression ‘disobedience’ for it.”

I say: For that reason the ḥadīth proves prohibition, exactly as al-Shawkānī affirmed; Ibn Ḥazm reached the same verdict earlier, declaring:

“Whoever is in the mosque when the adhān is called is not allowed to leave it unless he lacks ablution or is compelled by necessity.”

To describe it as merely disliked contradicts the plain sense of the ḥadīth.

(This ruling concerns cases with no excuse; when a legitimate excuse exists, departure is allowed, as will be explained under the heading of permitted actions.)

2 – Interlacing the fingers while waiting in the mosque. The Prophet ﷺ said: “When one of you performs wuduʾ in his house and then comes to the mosque, he remains in a state of prayer until he returns, so let him not do this,” and he interlaced his fingers.

The ḥadīth is narrated from Abū Hurayrah. Al-Dārimī and al-Ḥākim recorded it—the wording is al-Ḥākim’s—through Ismāʿīl ibn Umayyah, from al-Maqburī, from him. Al-Ḥākim said: