حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Prayer and its importance: Ghassan said: The nephew of Bishr ibn Mansur, may God have mercy on him, told me: I never saw my uncle miss the first takbir. [Al-Siyar (its abridgment) 2/764].

Prayer and its importance: Waki’ said: Al-A’mash, may God have mercy on him, went nearly seventy years without missing the first takbir. I frequented him for nearly two years and I never saw him make up a rak’ah. [Al-Muntazam 8/113].

Prayer and its importance: Waki’ ibn al-Jarrah, may God have mercy on him, said: Whoever is negligent in the first takbir, then wash your hands of him. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 3/107].

Prayer and its importance: On the authority of Muhammad bin Sama’ah al-Qadi, may God have mercy on him, he said: I stayed for forty years and I did not miss the first takbir except for one day on which my mother died, and I missed one prayer in congregation on that day. So I got up and prayed twenty-five prayers, seeking the multiplied reward thereby, but sleep overcame me. Then someone came to me and said: O Muhammad, you have prayed twenty-five prayers, but how will you get the angels to say “Amen”? [Al-Muntazam 11/197].

Prayer and its importance: On the authority of Saeed bin Al-Musayyib, may God have mercy on him, he said: I have not missed a prayer in congregation for forty years. [Al-Siyar (its abridgment) 1/482].