What are the hadiths about prayer (salat)? Examples of hadiths about prayer (salat)…
According to Ibn Masʿud (ra) a man asked the Prophet (saw), “What deeds are the best?” The Prophet (saw) said, “Performing the (daily obligatory) ritual prayers at their fixed times…” (al-Bukhari, al-Tawhid, 48)
According to ʿAbd Allah (b. Masʿud) (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “(On the day of Judgement) the first thing concerning which a person will be brought to account will be the obligatory ritual prayers …” (al-Nasaʾi, al-Muharaba, 2)
According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Five daily ritual prayers and two Friday ritual prayers are compensation for the sins committed in between their intervals, if major sins are not committed.” (Muslim, al-Tahara, 14)
According to Jabir b. ʿAbd Allah (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “The key to Paradise is obligatory ritual prayer…” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Tahara, 1)
Hanzala b. Rabiʿ (ra), the scribe (who wrote down the Holy Qur’an), said he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say, “A person who continues to perform the obligatory five daily ritual prayers properly by bowing down, prostrating himself, performing the required wudu’, and who accepts that performing the five daily ritual prayers is a divine command, this person will go to Paradise.” (Ibn Hanbal, IV, 266: cf 18371)
Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths
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