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Sunan an-Nasai 465 (Book 5, Hadith 18) #15073
The Importance of Prayer

SUMMARY: The hadith emphasizes the importance of prayer and how it is the first thing that will be judged on the Day of Judgement.

It was narrated that Huraith bin Qabisah said: "I arrived in Al-Madinah and said: 'O Allah, make it easy for me to find a righteous companion'. Then I sat with Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: 'I prayed to Allah to help me find a righteous companion'. So tell me a Hadith that you heard from the Messenger of Allah , so that Allah might benefit me from it. He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say: "The first thing for which a person will be brought to account will be his Salah. If it is sound then he will have succeeded, be salvaged, but if it is not then he will have lost and be doomed". - (One of the narrators) Hammam said: "I do not know whether this was the words of Qatadah or part of the report". - "If anything is lacking from his obligatory prayers, He will say: 'Look and see whether My slave has any voluntary prayers to make up for what is deficient from his obligatory prayers'. Then all of his deeds will be dealt with in like manner".
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ، - هُوَ ابْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْخَزَّازُ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ حُرَيْثِ بْنِ قَبِيصَةَ، قَالَ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ يَسِّرْ لِي جَلِيسًا صَالِحًا فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُيَسِّرَ لِي جَلِيسًا صَالِحًا فَحَدِّثْنِي بِحَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَنْفَعَنِي بِهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ بِصَلاَتِهِ فَإِنْ صَلَحَتْ فَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ وَأَنْجَحَ وَإِنْ فَسَدَتْ فَقَدْ خَابَ وَخَسِرَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ هَمَّامٌ لاَ أَدْرِي هَذَا مِنْ كَلاَمِ قَتَادَةَ أَوْ مِنَ الرِّوَايَةِ ‏"‏ فَإِنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ فَرِيضَتِهِ شَىْءٌ قَالَ انْظُرُوا هَلْ لِعَبْدِي مِنْ تَطَوُّعٍ فَيُكَمَّلُ بِهِ مَا نَقَصَ مِنَ الْفَرِيضَةِ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ سَائِرُ عَمَلِهِ عَلَى نَحْوِ ذَلِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ خَالَفَهُ أَبُو الْعَوَّامِ

TOPICS
obligatory  *  voluntary  *  accountability  *  salah  *  waajib  *  ikhtyaari  *  musaawilaa

QUICK LESSONS:
Pray regularly with sincerity & faithfulness

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith highlights the importance of prayer in Islam. It explains that when a person is brought to account on the Day of Judgement, their prayers will be judged first. If their obligatory prayers are sound then they will have succeeded and be salvaged but if not then they will have lost and be doomed. Furthermore, if anything is lacking from their obligatory prayers Allah will look to see if they have any voluntary prayers to make up for what is deficient from their obligatory ones. This hadith teaches us that we should prioritize our prayer as it is one of our most important duties as Muslims and it can determine our fate in the hereafter. We should strive to make sure all our obligatory prayers are performed correctly so we can reap its rewards in this life and in the hereafter inshaAllah!

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