Hadith 3936

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْأَقْمَرِ يَذْكُرُ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَلْقَى اللَّهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا ، فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى ، وَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى ، وَلَوْ أَنَّكُمْ صَلَّيْتُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ كَمَا يُصَلِّي هَذَا الْمُتَخَلِّفُ فِي بَيْتِهِ ، لَتَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ، وَلَوْ أَنَّكُمْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ لَضَلَلْتُمْ ، وَمَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَتَطَهَّرُ فَيُحْسِنُ الطُّهُورَ ، ثُمَّ يَعْمِدُ إِلَى مَسْجِدٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْمَسَاجِدِ ، إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ يَخْطُوهَا حَسَنَةً ، وَيَرْفَعُ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً ، وَيَحُطُّ عَنْهُ بِهَا سَيِّئَةً ، وَلَوْ رَأَيْتُنَا ، وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ مَعْلُومُ النِّفَاقِ ، وَلَقَدْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يُؤْتَى بِهِ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ ، حَتَّى يُقَامَ فِي الصَّفِّ " .
Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says that whoever wishes to meet Allah tomorrow on the Day of Resurrection in a state of Islam, he should adhere to these obligatory prayers whenever they are called for, because they are among the Sunnahs of guidance, and Allah has prescribed the Sunnahs of guidance for your Prophet. If you start praying in your homes as those who stay behind pray in their homes, then you will have abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet, and when you abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet, you will go astray. Whoever performs ablution and does it well, then sets out towards any mosque, for every step he takes, one rank will be raised for him, one sin will be forgiven, and one good deed will be written for him. And I have seen that only the hypocrite, whose hypocrisy was well known, would stay behind from the congregational prayer, and also that a man would be brought to the mosque supported by two men and would be made to stand in the row.
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 3936
Hadith Grading حکم دارالسلام: إسناده صحيح، م: 654.