It was narrated from Abu Suhail, from his fatehr, that he heard Talhah bin 'Ubaidullah say: "A man from the people of Najd came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) with unkempt hair. We could hear him talking loudly but we could not understand what he was saying until he came closer. He was asking about Islam. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to him: 'Five prayers each day and night.' He said: 'Do I have to do anything else' He said: 'No, unless you do it voluntarily.' He said: 'And fasting the month of Ramadan.' He said: 'Do I have to do anything else?' He said: 'No, unless you do it voluntarily.' And the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) mentioned Zakah to him, and he said: 'Do I have to do anything else?' He said: 'No, unless you do it voluntarily.' The man left saying: 'By Allah, I will not do any more than this or any less.' The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: 'He will achieve salvation, if he is speaking the truth.'"

It was narrated that Anas said: "A man asked the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ): 'O Messenger of Allah, how many prayers has Allah enjoined upon His slaves?' He said: 'Allah has enjoined upon His slaves (five) prayers.' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, is there anything before them or after them?' He said: 'Allah has enjoined upon His salves (five) prayers.' The man swore that he would not do anything more or less than that. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: 'If he is speaking the truth he will most certainly enter Paradise.'"

'Awf bin Malik Al-Ashja'i said: "We were with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he said: 'Will you not pledge to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )?' And he repeated it three times. So we stretched forth our hands to give our pledge. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we are willing to give you our pledge, but on what?' He said: 'That you will worship Allah and not associate anything with him, and (offer) the five daily prayers.' And he said, very quietly: 'And you will not ask the people for anything.'"

It was narrated from Ibn Muhairiz that a man from Banu Kinanah who was called Al-Mukhdaji heard a man in Ash-Sham, who was known as Abu Muhammad, saying that Witr was obligatory. Al-Mukhdaji said: "In the morning I went to 'Ubadah bin As-Samit, and I met him while he was on his way to the Masjid. I told him what Abu Muhammad said, and 'Ubadah said: 'Abu Muhammad is wrong. I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: 'Five prayers are those that Allah has decreed for (His) slaves, whoever does them, and does not neglect any of them out of disregard toward them, will have a promise from Allah that He will admit him to Paradise. And whoever does not to them will have no such promise from Allah; if He wills he will punish him and if He wills He will admit him to Paradise.

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Do you think that is there was a river by the door of any one of you, and he bathed in it five times each day, would there be any trace of dirt left on him?" They said: "No trace of dirt would be left on him." He said: "That is the likeness of the five daily prayers. By means of them Allah erases sins."

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Buraidah that his father said: "The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: 'The covenant that stands between us and them is the Salah; whoever abandons it, he has committed disbelief.'"

It was narrated that Jabir said: "The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: 'There is nothing between a person and disbelief except abandoning Salah.'"

It was narrated that Huraith bin Qabisah said: "I arrived in Al-Madinah and said: 'O Allah, make it easy for me to find a righteous companion.' Then I sat with Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: 'I prayed to Allah to help me find a righteous companion.' So tell me a Hadith that you heard from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), so that Allah might benefit me from it. He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say: "The first thing for which a person will be brought to account will be his Salah. If it is sound then he will have succeeded, be salvaged, but if it is not then he will have lost and be doomed." - (One of the narrators) Hammam said: "I do not know whether this was the words of Qatadah or part of the report." - "If anything is lacking from his obligatory prayers, He will say: 'Look and see whether My slave has any voluntary prayers to make up for what is deficient from his obligatory prayers.' Then all of his deeds will be dealt with in like manner."

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "The first thing for which a person will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection will be his Salah. If it is found to be complete then it will be recorded as complete, and if anything is lacking He will say: 'Look and see if you can find any voluntary prayers with which to complete what he neglected of his obligatory prayers.' Then the rest of his deeds will be reckoned in like manner."

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "The first thing for which a person will be brought to account will be his Salah. If it is complete (all well and good), otherwise Allah will say: 'Look and see if My slave did any voluntary prayer.' If he is found to have done voluntary prayers, his obligatory prayers will be completed therewith."