intentions for offering the prayer

"Prayer in congregation is better than the prayer of a man by himself by twenty-seven degrees."

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."

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 "

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."

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 ).

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.”

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".

{ 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}

{ 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 }