It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him); Yunus said: I think he mentioned it from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: "The first of people's deeds for which they will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection is the prayer. Our Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, will say to His angels, though He knows best: 'Look at the prayer of My servant: did he complete it or fall short in it?' If it is complete, it will be recorded for him as complete. If he fell short in any of it, He will say: 'Look whether My servant has any voluntary prayers.' If he has voluntary prayers, He will say: 'Complete My servant's obligatory prayer from his voluntary prayers.' Then the rest of the deeds will be taken to account in the same way." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The first thing for which a servant will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection is his prayer. If he completed it, it will be recorded for him as complete. If he did not complete it, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, will say to His angels: 'Do you find any voluntary prayers for My servant with which you can make up what he neglected of his obligatory prayer?' Then zakah will be dealt with likewise, and then all the other deeds in the same manner." Some of the companions of Hammad bin Salamah narrated it in abridged form, and Musa bin Isma'il is the authority on his hadith.

Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the first thing for which a servant will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection is his prayer," and he then mentioned a hadith similar to it.

A similar narration is also reported from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Imam al-Hakim says: I have mentioned this disagreement in the chains of Hammad bin Salamah so that the one who reflects may know that the hadith we have declared sahih is the narration of Dawud bin Abi Hind, in which there is no disagreement over Hammad, while all the other narrations are chains of Hammad from teachers other than Dawud.