عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ) قَالَ: قَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَمَا تُقَامُ الصَّلَاةُ حَتَّى تَكَامَلَ بِنَا الصُّفُوفُ، فَمَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَلْقَى اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا، فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمَكْتُوبَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I used to see that the prayer would not be established until we had completed the rows. Whoever is pleased that tomorrow he should meet Allah Almighty as a Muslim, then he should safeguard the obligatory prayers at the place where they are called for, because these are among the ways of guidance, and indeed Allah has prescribed the ways of guidance for His Prophet.