Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "If there was a river at the door of anyone of you and he took a bath in it five times a day would you notice any dirt on him?" They said, "Not a trace of dirt would be left." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "That is the example of the five prayers with which Allah blots out (annuls) evil deeds."
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Whoever prays the Subh prayer (Fajr), then he is under the protection of Allah, so do not fall short with regard to the rights of Allah, for anyone who does that, Allah will seize him and will throw him on his face into the Fire of Hell.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Whoever prays Isha in congregation, it is as if he spent half the night in prayer, and whoever prays Subh (Fajr) in congregation, it is as if he spent the whole night in prayer.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
1) If the people knew the reward for pronouncing the Adhan and for standing in the first row (in congregational prayers) and found no other way to get that except by drawing lots they would draw lots, and
2) If they knew the reward of the Zuhr prayer (in the early moments of its stated time) they would race for it (go early) and
3) If they knew the reward of `Isha' and Fajr (morning) prayers in congregation, they would come to offer them even if they had to crawl.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Whoever takes a bath on Friday, and bathes completely, and goes early, arriving early,* and walks and does not ride (to the mosque), and sits close to the Imam and listens to him, and does not engage in idle talk; FOR EVERY STEP HE TAKES HE WILL HAVE THE REWARD OF ONE YEAR, THE REWARD OF A YEAR’S FASTING AND PRAYING (AT NIGHT).
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
"The prayer offered in congregation is twenty five times more superior (in reward) to the prayer offered alone in one's house or in a business center, because if one performs ablution and does it perfectly, and then proceeds to the mosque with the sole intention of praying, then for each step which he takes towards the mosque, Allah upgrades him a degree in reward and (forgives) crosses out one sin till he enters the mosque. When he enters the mosque he is considered in prayer as long as he is waiting for the prayer and the angels keep on asking for Allah's forgiveness for him and they keep on saying: 'O Allah! Be Merciful to him, O Allah! Forgive him, as long as he keeps on sitting at his praying place and does not pass wind.
Walking To Masjid
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
If one performs ablution and does it perfectly, and then proceeds to the mosque with the sole intention of praying, then for each step which he takes towards the mosque, Allah upgrades him a degree in reward and (forgives) crosses out one sin till he enters the mosque.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Whoever takes a bath on Friday, and bathes completely, and goes early, arriving early,* and walks and does not ride (to the mosque), and sits close to the Imam and listens to him, and does not engage in idle talk; FOR EVERY STEP HE TAKES HE WILL HAVE THE REWARD OF ONE YEAR, THE REWARD OF A YEAR’S FASTING AND PRAYING (AT NIGHT).
Importance - Congregation
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The congregational Salat (prayer) of anyone amongst you is more than twenty times in reward than his Salat (prayer) in the market or in his house.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The prayer of a man in congregation is higher than his prayer on his own by twenty-four or twenty-five levels.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The prayer offered in congregation is twenty five times more superior (in reward) to the prayer offered alone in one's house or in a business center.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The Salat (prayer) in congregation is twenty-seven times superior in degrees to the Salat offered by a person alone.
Importance - First Row/Front Rows
Narrated: ‘Irbad bin Sariyah
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to ask for forgiveness for the first row three times and for the second row twice.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Allah and the angels send blessings upon the first row.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Allah and His Angels send their Salat (blessings) on the front rows.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
1) If the people knew the reward for pronouncing the Adhan and for standing in the first row (in congregational prayers) and found no other way to get that except by drawing lots they would draw lots, and
2) If they knew the reward of the Zuhr prayer (in the early moments of its stated time) they would race for it (go early) and
3) If they knew the reward of `Isha' and Fajr (morning) prayers in congregation, they would come to offer them even if they had to crawl.
Waiting For Salaah
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The angels will keep on asking Allah's forgiveness and blessings for everyone of you so long as he keeps sitting at his praying place. The angels will say, 'O Allah, bless him! O Allah, be merciful to him!' as long as he does not do Hadath (pass wind) or a thing which gives trouble to the other (or leaves his place of offering Salãt. One is regarded in prayer so long as one is waiting for the prayer."
زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ الشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَالْبَنِينَ وَالْقَنَاطِيرِ الْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالْخَيْلِ الْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ وَالْحَرْثِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَاللَّـهُ عِندَهُ حُسْنُ الْمَآبِ ﴿١٤﴾ قُلْ أَؤُنَبِّئُكُم بِخَيْرٍ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمْ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَأَزْوَاجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَرِضْوَانٌ مِّنَ اللَّـهِ ۗ وَاللَّـهُ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ ﴿١٥﴾ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ ﴿١٦﴾ الصَّابِرِينَ وَالصَّادِقِينَ وَالْقَانِتِينَ وَالْمُنفِقِينَ وَالْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ ﴿١٧
QURAN 3:14
Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return.
QURAN 3:15
Say, "Shall I inform you of [something] better than that? For those who fear Allah will be gardens in the presence of their Lord beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and purified spouses and approval from Allah . And Allah is Seeing of [His] servants -
QURAN 3:16
Those who say, "Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,"
QURAN 3:17
The patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allah ], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The closest that the Lord is to a worshipper is during the last part of the night, so if you are able to be of those who remember Allah in that hour, then do so.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Every night when it is the last third of the night, Our Lord (Allah), the Superior, the Blessed, descends to the nearest heaven and says:
1) Is there anyone to invoke Me that I may respond to his invocation?
2) Is there anyone to ask Me so that I may grant him his request?
3) Is there anyone asking My forgiveness so that I may forgive him?.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Whoever is regular with twelve Rak'ah of Sunnah (prayer), Allah will build a house for him in Paradise:
1) Four Rak'ah before Zuhr, two Rak'ah after it,
2) Two Rak'ah after Maghrib,
3) Two Rak'ah after Isha, and
4) Two Rak'ah before Fajr.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Two Rak'ah of Fajr prayer are better than this world and everything in it.
Narrated: 'Aishah (ra)
Prophet (ﷺ) said concerning the two Rak'ah at dawn: "They are dearer to me than the entire world."
Narrated: Anas bin Malik
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Whoever prays Fajr in congregation, then sits remembering Allah until the sun has risen, then he prays two Rak'ah, then for him is the reward like that of a Hajj and Umrah." He said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Complete, complete, complete.'"
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
"Allah said, 'I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of Mine. And the most beloved things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have enjoined upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawaafil (praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, so I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My protection (Refuge), I will protect him; (i.e. give him My Refuge) and I do not hesitate to do anything as I hesitate to take the soul of the believer, for he hates death, and I hate to disappoint him."