Salah in Islam
After the five prayers were made Fard on the night of Mi’raaj, Our Beloved Prophet ﷺ offered around twenty thousand Salahs during the eleven years and six month of his apparent (worldly) life. He ﷺ offered approximately 500 Jummah prayers and 9 eid salahs. commandment of namaz is declared 700 times in glorious Quran.
Salah in quran
وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَٰتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ٩ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ ١٠ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ
and those who are ˹properly˺ observant of their prayers. These are the ones who will be awarded. Paradise as their own.1 They will be there forever.
Salah in hadith
The Prophet of mankind, the peace of our heart and mind, the most generous and kind ﷺ said, “The one who secures his Salah, the Salah will be Nūr, evidence and salvation for him on the day of judgement; and the one who does not protect it, there will be no Nūr, evidence or salvation for him on the Day of Judgement and such a person will be kept with Pharaoh, Qārūn, Ĥāmān and Ubay bin Khalaf on the day of judgement.” (Musnad Imām Aḥmad, pp. 574, vol. 2, Ḥadīš 6587)
- our Makkī Madani Mustafa ﷺ said, “The one who makes Wuḍu properly, stands for Salah and completes its Rukū’, Sujood and recitation, his Salah says, ‘May Allah عزوجل secure you as you have secured me!’ The Salah is then elevated to the sky and there is glare and brilliance for it. The portals of the sky are opened for it and it is presented in the court of Allah عزوجل and such Salah intercedes for that Muṣallī (the one who offered it).” On the contrary, if he does not complete its Rukū’, Sujūd and recitation, the Salah says, “May Allah عزوجل discard you as you have distorted me!’ The Ṣalāĥ covered in darkness is then taken to the sky. The portals of the sky are closed for it and it is then bundled up like an old piece of cloth and thrown onto the face of that Muṣallī.” (Kanz-ul-’Ummāl, pp. 129, vol. 7, Ḥadīš 19049)
Importance of salah
The beloved and blessed Prophet ﷺ said, “On the Day of Judgement, the very first question that will be asked to man out of his deeds will be about Salah; if his Salah is correct, he will succeed but if it is incomplete, he will be disgraced and will suffer loss.” (Al-Mu’jam-ulAwsaṭ-liṭ-Ṭabrānī, pp. 32, vol. 3, Ḥadīš 3782)
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