intentions for offering the prayer
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1 Praying in congregation is twenty-seven times better than praying alone
Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"Prayer in congregation is better than the prayer of a man by himself by twenty-seven degrees."
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2 It is one of the best deeds
Abdullah bin Mas'ud ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
I asked the Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ), "Which of the deeds is loved most by Allah?" Messenger of Allah said, " offering the prayer at its proper time." I asked, ''What next?" He replied, ''Kindness to parents." I asked, ''What next?" He replied, ''observing Jihad for the sake of Allah." , and if I had asked more, he would have told me more."
[ Al-Bukhari and Muslim ].
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3 Offering the prayer is one of the best righteous deeds
Abu Umama ( may Allah be pleased with him )
narrated that the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: " Offering the prayer is the best of deeds, one may pray few Rak`ahs but whoever likes to increase offering the prayer let him do so "
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4 I will enter the Paradise from the gate of offering the prayer
Abu Hurairah ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "He who spends a pair in the way of Allah will be called from the gates of Jannah: 'O slave of Allah! This gate is better for you' and one who is constant in Salat (prayer), will be called from the Gate of Salat; and whoever is eager in fighting in the Cause of Allah, will be called from the Gate of Jihad; and who is regular in observing Saum will be called from Ar-Raiyan Gate. The one who is generous in charity will be called from the Gate of Charity." Abu Bakr ( May Allah be pleased with him ) said: "O Messenger of Allah! May my mother and father be sacrificed for you! Those who are called from these gates will stand in need of nothing. Will anybody be called from all of those gates?" He replied, "Yes, and I hope that you will be one of them."
[ Al-Bukhari and Muslim ]
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5 Allah will enlighten this worldly life and the hereafter because of offering the prayer, the prayer will be a source of light for me in this world, in the grave, and on the Sirat
Abu Malik Al-Harith bin Asim Al-Ash'ari ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported that:
The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: "Purity is half of faith, and the praise of Allah fills the scale. Glorification and praise fill up what is between the heavens and the earth. Prayer is a light, charity is proof, and patience is illumination. The Quran is a proof for you or against you. All people go out early in the morning and sell themselves, either setting themselves free or ruining themselves.".
[ Muslim ]
Abdallah bin ‘Amr bin al-‘As said that the Prophet mentioned prayer one day saying,
“If anyone keeps to it, it will be light, evidence and salvation for him on the day of resurrection; but if anyone does not keep to it, it will not be for him a light, evidence, or salvation, and on the day of resurrection he will be associated with Qarun, Pharaoh, Haman, and Ubayy bin Khalaf”
It is a light in the full meaning of the word “light,” a light that illuminates the face of the believer in this world, covers it with tangible beauty and splendor, and illuminates his heart; Because the lights of knowledge shine in it, and illuminate the darkness of his grave, just as this light will shine on the forehead of the worshiper on the Day of Resurrection, for offering the prayer is a light in the world, a light in the heart, then it shines on the face, a light in the grave, a light on the Day of Resurrection, and a light in Paradise.
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6 So that the Paradise will be opened for me
Jabir bin Abdullah ( may Allah be pleased with him ) said:
the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:" The key of paradise is prayer, and the key of prayer is being purified."
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7 I will have my sins forgiven all the day because of offering the prayer
Abu Hurairah ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "The five daily ( prescribed ) prayers, and Friday ( prayer ) to the next Friday ( prayer ), and the fasting of Ramadan to the next Ramadan, is an expiation of the sins committed in between them, so long as major sins are avoided."
[ Muslim ]
Abu Hurairah ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
I heard the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) saying, "Say, if there were a river at the door of one of you in which he takes a bath five times a day, would any soiling remain on him?" They replied, "No soiling would be left on him." He may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, " That is the five ( obligatory ) Salat ( prayers ). Allah obliterates all sins as a result of performing them."
[ Al-Bukhari and Muslim ]
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8 To meet Allah as a Muslim
Ibn Mas'ud ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
He who likes to meet Allah tomorrow ( i.e., on the Day of Requital ) as a Muslim, should take care and observe the Salat when the Adhan is announced for them. Allah has expounded to your Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the ways of right guidance, and these ( the prayers ) are part of the right guidance. If you have to perform Salat in your houses, as this man who stays away ( from the mosque ) and performs Salat in his house, you will abandon the Sunnah ( practice ) of your Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and the departure from the Sunnah of your Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, will lead you astray. I have seen the time when no one stayed behind except a well-known hypocrite. I also saw that a man was brought swaying ( on account of weakness ) between two men till he was set up in a row ( in the mosque ).
[ Muslim ]
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9 So that my deeds will be upright on the day of reckoning
Abu Huraira told of hearing Allah’s Messenger ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) saying:
"The first of his deeds for which a man will be taken into account on the day of resurrection will be his prayer. If it is sound he will be saved and successful, but if it is unsound he will be unfortunate and miserable."
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10 Allah will save me from the Hellfire
On the authority of Hanzalah Al -Ausaidi, that the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said:
“Whoever maintains the five daily prayers; the ablution, timings, kneeling, and prostration out of believing that Allah prescribed it, he will be saved from the Hellfire"
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11 To have my deeds recorded in llliyun
The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said:
"a prayer following another with no idle talk between them will be a deed recorded in llliyun"
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12 To get rid of my sins
Ibn Umar ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, “Verily when a servant stands to pray, his sins are placed on top of his head and shoulders. Every time he bows or prostrates, they fall away from him.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 1769
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13 To have my sins forgiven and to return [free from sin] as on the day my mother bore me
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Ibn Mas'ud ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
A man kissed a woman. So he came to the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) and informed him about it. Then Allah revealed this Ayah: "And perform the Salat, between the two ends of the day and in some hours of the night. Verily, the good deeds efface the evil deeds (i.e., minor sins)." (11:114) The man asked the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, whether this applies to him only. The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "It applies to all of my Ummah."
[ Al-Bukhari and Muslim ]
Anas bin Malik ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:
A man came to the Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have committed a sin liable of ordained punishment. So execute punishment on me". Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, did not ask him about it, and then came the time for offering the prayer. So he performed Salat with the Messenger of Allah. When Messenger of Allah finished Salat, the man stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have committed a sin. So execute the Ordinance of Allah upon me". He, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked, "Have you performed Salat with us?" "Yes", he replied. The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "Verily, Allah has forgiven you".
[ Al-Bukhari and Muslim ]
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14 To be of the rightly guided
Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ):
{ The mosques of Allāh are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allāh and the Last Day and establish prayer and give zakāh and do not fear except Allāh, for it is expected that those will be of the [rightly] guided}
Quran ( 9 : 18 )
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15 To reach the ranks of the truthful and the martyrs
Abu Hurayrah ( may Allah be pleased with him ) narrated:
that two men from Bali from the tribe of Qudhaaʻah embraced Islam with the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. One of them died as a martyr for the Sake of Allah and the other remained alive for another year and then passed away. Talha ibn ʻUbaydillaah ( may Allah be pleased with him ) said: "I dreamed that the person who died last entered Paradise before the martyr. Therefore, I was astonished! I mentioned this to the Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) or this was mentioned to him, so he said: "Did the second not fast in Ramadan one year after him? Did he not perform six-thousand Rak’ahs and so and so Rak’ahs in voluntary prayers?"
[ Ahmad ] [ Al-Albaani:Saheeh ]
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16 It forbids me from committing the immorality and wrongdoing
Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ):
{ Recite, [O Muḥammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allāh is greater. And Allāh knows that which you do }
Quran ( 29 : 45 )
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17 To accompany the Prophet Muhammed ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) in the Paradise
Narrated Rabi'ah bin Ka'b al-Aslami ( may Allah be pleased with him ):
The Prophet ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said to me, "Ask." I said, "I ask your company in Paradise." He replied, "Or something else?" I said, "That is it (i.e. that is what I desire)." He said, "Then help me to achieve this for you by devoting yourself often to prostration."
[ Muslim ]
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