Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers

Allah commanded us to maintain the prayers, by performing them at their time, conditions, pillars, reverence, and all that is required and desirable.

Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) :

{ Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle [i.e., ʿaṣr] prayer and stand before Allah, devoutly obedient. }

Quran ( 238 : 2 )

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Offering the prayer secures the beleiver against the horrors of the Hereafter.

Those who maintain the prayer have a great reward, and in the Hereafter they will not fear, nor will they grief over what they have left of the worldly joys. Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds and establish prayer and give zakāh will have their reward with their Lord, a...

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The prayer is mentioned in the invocation of Abraham

Establishing the prayer is a blessing from Allah. Therefore, Abraham, may Allah exalt his mention, urged his offspring to establish the prayer and invoked Allah for their sake. Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { Our Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your sacred House, our Lord,...

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Those who maintain the mosques

Allah described them with having the faith, doing the acts of worship, the best of them are establishing the prayer and paying the Zakah and fearing Allah that is the origin of all goodness. Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { The mosques of Allah are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last...

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Offering the prayer is legislated for the previous nations

Offering the prayer was obliged on the previous nations. This view is supported by the sayings of the Prophets Moses, Aaron, Ibrahim, Ismail, Maryam, and Jesus Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { And We inspired to Moses and his brother, "Settle your people in Egypt in houses and make your houses [facing the] qiblah1&n...

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They neglected prayer

Establishing the prayer is the main pillar of Islam and the criteria of having a firm faith in the Hereafter. The one who neglects it will surely neglect the other acts of worship. This sin will cause him to follow his lusts. Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { But there came after them successors [i.e., later generati...

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The one who establishes the prayer is one of the reformers

Establishing the prayer calls one to establish the other acts of worship. The one who establishes the prayer is considered of the reformers. Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) : { But those who hold fast to the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and establish prayer - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of the reformers....

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اللغة

Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers