Hazrat Naeem bin Abdullah heard from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him), who used to say: Whoever performs ablution well, then goes out with the intention of prayer, then he is as if he is in prayer as long as he intends the prayer. For every step, a good deed is written, and for the other step, a bad deed is erased. So if any of you hears the takbeer of prayer, he should not run, because greater reward is for the one whose house is farther away. They said: Why, O Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him)? He said: Because his steps will be more.