It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: In terms of reward for prayer, the greatest is the person who comes from the farthest distance (to the mosque for prayer), and the one who sits waiting for the prayer and then prays with the Imam has a greater reward than the one who prays earlier and then goes to sleep.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: If there were a river running by the door of one of you and he bathed in it five times a day, what do you think—would any dirt remain on his body? The Companions replied: No, O Messenger of Allah, not at all. He said: That is the example of the five daily prayers; Allah Most High wipes away sins through them.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Whoever goes to the mosque morning and evening repeatedly, Allah the Exalted will prepare hospitality for him in Paradise every time he goes to the mosque morning or evening.

Sayyiduna Malik bin Huwairith (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that I came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) along with some men from my tribe (Banu Layth), and I stayed in his noble company for twenty nights. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was very kind and friendly. When he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sensed our longing to return home, he said, "Now you may go. Go and teach your people religion, and (while traveling) continue to perform prayers. When the time for prayer comes, let one of you give the call to prayer (adhan), and let the eldest among you lead the prayer."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would raise his blessed head (from bowing), he would say: "Sami' Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa lakal hamd," and then supplicate for certain people by name, saying: "O Allah, save Walid bin Walid, Salamah bin Hisham, 'Ayyash bin Abi Rabi'ah, and all the weak Muslims (from the disbelievers). O Allah, crush the people of the tribe of Mudar severely, and inflict upon them a famine like that which occurred in the time of Yusuf (peace be upon him)." In those days, the people of the eastern tribe of Mudar were among the opponents.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the Qunoot supplication for a month and in it he invoked curses upon the tribes of Ri'l and Dhakwaan.

Hazrat Asim (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I asked Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the Du'a Qunoot, so he replied that it should be before bowing (ruku‘). I said that such-and-such person (Muhammad bin Sirin) says that you said it is after bowing. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said to this, "He has said incorrectly." Then Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated this hadith to us: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the Du'a Qunoot after bowing for a month, and in it, he supplicated against the tribes of Banu Sulaym. He narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent a group of forty or seventy Qur'an-reciting Companions (the narrator was unsure) to the polytheists, but these people of Banu Sulaym (whose chief was 'Amir bin Tufayl) confronted them and killed them, even though they had a treaty with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (but they betrayed it). I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so grieved and saddened over any matter as he was over the martyrdom of these Companions.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent an expedition in which the participants were called the Qurra (i.e., reciters of the Qur'an). All of them were martyred. I have never seen the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) grieve over anything as much as he grieved over their martyrdom. Consequently, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated against their killers in the Fajr prayer for a month. He would say: "‘Usayyah has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger."

Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we were on a journey with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Everyone kept traveling throughout the night. When the time of morning approached, we camped (since we were tired), so everyone slept so deeply that the sun had fully risen. The first to wake up was Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), but when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asleep, he would not wake him until he woke up himself. Then Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also woke up. Finally, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) sat near your blessed head and began to say "Allahu Akbar" in a loud voice. With this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) also woke up and ordered to break camp from there (then after traveling some distance) you stopped and led us in the morning prayer. One person remained sitting far away in a corner and did not pray with us. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he said to him: "O so-and-so, what prevented you from praying with us?" He replied that he needed to perform ghusl. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to perform tayammum with clean earth (then after tayammum) he also prayed. Sayyiduna Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) says that then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me ahead with a few horsemen (to search for water because) we were extremely thirsty. While we were in this state, we met a woman who was going (riding) with her feet hanging between two water skins. We asked her, "Where can we find water?" She replied, "There is no water here." We asked her, "How far is water from your home?" She replied, "A day's and a night's distance." We said to her, "Alright, come with us to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." She said, "What does Messenger of Allah mean?" Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) says, finally we brought her to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). She said to him the same thing she had said to us, but added that she was the mother of orphan children (therefore deserving of mercy). By the order of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), her two water skins were taken down and he passed his blessed hand over their mouths. We, forty thirsty men, drank from them to our fill and filled all our water skins and buckets. We only did not give water to the camels, yet her water skins were so full of water that it seemed they would overflow. After this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Bring whatever (food items) you have to me." So pieces of food and dates were gathered and placed before the woman. Then, when she returned to her tribe, she said to her people, "Today I have met the greatest magician, or as (his followers) say, he is truly a Prophet." Eventually, Allah Almighty guided her tribe because of this woman; she herself accepted Islam and all the people of her tribe also accepted Islam.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If anyone forgets to perform a prayer, he should offer it whenever he remembers it. There is no expiation for it except to perform that missed prayer. And (Allah the Exalted has said): Establish prayer for My remembrance.