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Hadith � 1
Abu Zar
RadiyAllahu `anhu narrates that once the Prophet
Sallallahu `alaihi wasallam came out of his
house. It was autumn and the leaves were falling off the
trees. He caught a branch of a tree and its leaves began
to drop in large number. At this he remarked, 'O, Abu
Zar! when a Muslim offers his salat to please Allah, his
sins are shed away from him just as these leaves are
falling off this tree. (Ahmad)
Hadith � 2a
Abu
Huraira RadiyAllahu `anhu narrates that once the
Prophet Sallallahu `alaihi wasallam asked his
companions, 'Do you think that dirt can remain on a
person bathing 5 times a day in a brook running in front
of his door?' 'No', replied the compan�ions, 'No dirt
can remain on his body.' The Prophet Sallallahu
`alaihi wasallam remarked: 'So, exactly similar is
the effect of salat offered 5 times a day. With the
Grace of Allah, it washes away all the sins'.(Bukhari,
Muslim)
Hadith � 2b
Jabir
RadiyAllahu `anhu narrates that he heard the Prophet
Sallallahu `alaihi wasallam saying: The likeness
of 5 times daily salat is as the like�ness of a deep
brook running in front of the door of a person who
bathes therein 5 times a day.(Muslim)
Hadith � 3
Huzaifa
RadiyAllahu `anhu says that, whenever the Prophet
Sallallahu `alaihi wasallam happened to face any
difficulty, he would at once resort to salat. (Ahmad,
Abu Dawud)
Hadith � 4
Abu
Qatada bin Rabiy RadiyAllahu `anhu says he heard
the Prophet Sallallahu `alaihi wasallam saying,
�Allah has said, "(O, Muhammad!) I have ordained 5 times
daily salat for your followers. I have made a covenant
with Myself that whoever is regular in performing his
salat at its fixed hour, he shall be admitted into
Paradise. Those of your fol�lowers, who do not guard
their salat, are not included in this covenant." (Abu
Dawud, Ibn Maja)
Hadith - 5
Ibn
Salman RadiyAllahu `anhu says that he heard one
of the companions of the Prophet Sallallahu `alaihi
wasallam nar�rating, "When we had won the battle of
Khaibar, we began to buy and sell among ourselves the
booty that had fallen to our lot. One of us went to
Prophet Sallallahu `alaihi wasallam and said, 'O,
Prophet of Allah, no one else has earned so much profit
as I have obtained in today's trade.' How much did you
earn? Asked the Prophet Sallallahu `alaihi wasallam.
He re�plied, 'I kept on selling and buying till I earned
a net profit of 300 Oqiya of silver.' The Prophet
Sallallahu `alaihi wasallam said, "Shall I inform
you of something better than that?" He ex�claimed, 'Do
tell me, O, Prophet of Allah!' The Prophet Sallallahu
`alaihi wasallam remarked 'Two rakats nafl after (Fard)
salat.(Abu Dawud)
Hadith � 6
Ammar bin
Yasir RadiyAllahu `anhu nar�rates that he heard
the Prophet Sallallahu `alaihi wasallam saying:
"When a person finishes his salat, he gets 1/10th,
1/9th, 1/8th, 1/7th,
1/6th, 1/5th, 1/4th,
1/3rd or � of the maximum reward (according
to the quality of salat performed by him)."(Abu Dawud,
Nasai)
Hadith �
7
Abu Huraira RadiyAllahu `anhu
narrates, "We heard the Prophet Sallallahu
`alaihi wasallam saying, 'The first deed of a
person to be reckoned for on the Day of Judgment
will be his salat. A person will succeed and attain
his goal if his salat is accepted. He will fail and
lose badly if it is rejected. If any deficiency is
found in his Fard salat, Allah will say (to the
angels): "Look for any Nafl salat in his account".
Then the deficiency in his Fard salat will be made
good by Nafl salat. The rest of the religious
practices (viz. Fast, Zakat etc.) will then be
reckoned for in the same manner."
* The English translation describes the
meaning of the Hadith. The scholarly reader is
requested to refer to the original Arabic text in the
books of Hadith referenced above.
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