Mu’awiyah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The callers to prayer will have the longest necks of the people on the Day of Resurrection.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 387
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim
Al-Nawawi said, “It is said that it means they are masters and chiefs, as the Arabs would describe mastership as having a long neck.”
Source: Sharḥ al-Nawawī ‘alá Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 387
عن معاوية قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمُؤَذِّنُونَ أَطْوَلُ النَّاسِ أَعْنَاقًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
387 صحيح مسلم كتاب الصلاة باب فضل الأذان وهرب الشيطان عند سماعه
قال النووي وَقِيلَ مَعْنَاهُ أَنَّهُمْ سَادَةٌ وَرُؤَسَاءٌ وَالْعَرَبُ تَصِفُ السَّادَةَ بِطُولِ الْعُنُقِ
387 شرح النووي على مسلم