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(Book 8, Hadith 3) #35345
The Seriousness of Prayer

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was so frustrated with people not attending the prayer that he considered burning down their houses.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'zZinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "By Him in whose hand myself is! I had in mind to order firewood to be collected, then to order the prayer to be called, and to appoint a man to lead the people in prayer, and then to come up behind certain men and burn their houses down about them! By Him in whose hand myself is! If one of them knew that he would find a meaty bone or two good legs of meat, he would be present at isha'.'
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ بِحَطَبٍ فَيُحْطَبَ ثُمَّ آمُرَ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَيُؤَذَّنَ لَهَا ثُمَّ آمُرَ رَجُلاً فَيَؤُمَّ النَّاسَ ثُمَّ أُخَالِفَ إِلَى رِجَالٍ فَأُحَرِّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ بُيُوتَهُمْ

TOPICS
prayer  *  attendance  *  obligation  *  frustration

QUICK LESSONS:
Take religious obligations seriously and fulfill them without any excuses or delays .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of prayer and how seriously it should be taken. It is narrated by Yahya from Malik from Abu'zZinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah said that if people knew they would find a meaty bone or two good legs of meat at Isha prayer they would attend. This shows how serious and important it is to attend prayers as even a small reward can motivate people to do so. The Prophet Muhammad was so frustrated with people not attending the prayer that he considered burning down their houses as a punishment for not fulfilling this obligation. This hadith teaches us to take our religious obligations seriously and fulfill them without any excuses or delays.

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