Merits of Saläh Sayings of the holy Prophetﷺ: • Worship Alläh as if you see Him, and if you cannot achieve this state of devotion then you must consider that He is looking at you. (Bukhärï 50) •My comfort has been provided in Salah. (Nasaï 3939) • The first thing for which a Muslim will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection will be the obligatory prayers. (Ibn Mäjah 1425) • I wished to burn down the (homes of) people not attending Saläh. (Tirmizï 217) •If a person regularly performs Saläh, it will serve as a light, an argument in his support and a savior. (Ahmad 6576) •Command a child to perform Saläh when he reaches the age of seven years. When he becomes ten years old, then beat him upon missing Saläh. (Abü Däwüd 494) • The best deed is the (performance of) prayer at its proper time. (Muslim 85) •Alläh blots out (annuls) evil deeds through the five Salähs. (Bukhärï 508) •If a person performs Wuzü and does it well, then performs two units of Saläh in which his heart and face are focused, Paradise will be his. (Nasaï 151) •The five (daily) Salähs, one Friday Saläh up to the (next) Friday Saläh, and one Ramazän up to the next Ramazän are expiations for the (sins) committed in between (their intervals), provided one shuns the major sins. (Muslim 233) •Alläh, the Exalted, has made five prayers obligatory. If anyone performs ablution for them well, offers them at their (right) time, and observes perfectly the bowing and submissiveness in them, it is the guarantee of Alläh that He will pardon him. (Abü Däwüd 425) •Between man, and polytheism and unbelief is the abandonment of Saläh. (Muslim 82) •Saläh is the pillar of Dïn. If a person upholds it, he upholds the Dïn. If he demolishes it, he demolishes the Dïn. (An Näfilah fil Ahädith-iz Za'ïfati wal Mauzü'ah) •If a person misses Fajr Saläh, he loses the luminosity of his face. •If a person misses Zuhr Saläh, he loses the blessings in his income. •If a person misses 'Asr Saläh, he loses his physical strength. •If a person misses Maghrib Saläh, his children turn out to be of no help to him. •If a person misses 'Ishä Saläh, he loses comfort in his sleep.
Times of Saläh and number of units Saläh Name Fajr
Start Time
End Time
Break of true dawn
Sunrise
Zuhr
When the sun comes down from the zenith
When the shadow of an object becomes twice its length in addition to its noonshadow
Units Emphasized Sunnah Compulsory Emphasized Sunnah
2
Farz Emphasized Sunnah Nafl
4 2
2 4
2