Does Satan enter the mosque, based on the hadith: "Straighten your rows and align your shoulders, and close the gaps, for Satan enters through your midst"?
Satan enters the mosque and whispers to those praying, and several hadiths indicate this, among them:
1. The hadith "Straighten your rows...", which mentions that Satan enters between the rows like a small black lamb.
2. The hadith of Abu Hurayrah, which clarifies that Satan turns his back and flees at the call to prayer (adhan) and the iqama, then returns to whisper to the worshipper and make him forget his prayer.
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