This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Hussain bin Mubarak Al-Mosuli's Arabic book Al-Awamer wal-Nawahi, whose Urdu translation has been done by Muhammad Sarwar Gohar Sahib under the title Ahkamat o Mamnoaat.
① Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates, I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) about looking around during prayer, and he (peace be upon him) said:
هو اختلاس يختلسه الشيطان من صلاة العبد
"This is a snatch by which Satan cheats the servant out of his prayer."
Reference: Bukhari, Book of Adhan 751. Abu Dawood, Book of Prayer 910.
② Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
إياك والالتفات فى الصلاة، فإن الالتفات فى الصلاة هلكة، وإن كان ولا بد ففي التطوع لا فى الفريضة
"Avoid looking around during prayer because looking around in prayer is destruction; if looking is necessary, then only in voluntary prayer, not in obligatory prayer."
Reference: Tirmidhi, Book of Prayer 589, from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).
① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samrah رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
لينتهين أقوام يرفعون أبصارهم إلى السماء فى الصلاة أو لا ترجع إليهم
"People should refrain from raising their eyes towards the sky during prayer, otherwise, they will not return to them."
Reference: Muslim, Kitab al-Salat 428/117. Ibn Majah, Iqamat al-Salat wa al-Sunnah fiha 1045.
② Sayyiduna Anas رضي الله عنه reports that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
ما بال أقوام يرفعون أبصارهم إلى السماء فى صلاتهم
"What is wrong with people that they raise their eyes towards the sky during their prayer?"
Regarding this, the statement of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم became severe, to the extent that he said:
لينتهين أقوام عن ذلك أو لتخطفن أبصارهم
"People should desist from this or else their eyes will be plucked out."
Reference: Bukhari, Kitab al-Adhan 750. Ibn Majah, Iqamat al-Salat wa al-Sunnah fiha 1044.
③ It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
لينتهين أقوام عن رفعهم أبصارهم عند الدعاء فى الصلاة إلى السماء أو لتخطفن أبصارهم
"People should refrain from raising their eyes towards the sky during supplication in prayer, otherwise their eyes will be plucked out."
Reference: Muslim, Kitab al-Salat 429/118. An-Nasa'i fi al-Sahw 34/3.
① It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir رضي الله عنه that he heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say:
إذن بين الرجل وبين الشرك والكفر ترك الصلاة
"Indeed, the difference between a person and disbelief and polytheism is abandoning the prayer."
Reference: Muslim, Book of Faith 82/134. Abu Dawood, Book of Sunnah 4678. Tirmidhi, Book of Faith 2619, 2619.
And in another narration from Sayyiduna Jabir رضي الله عنه:
بين الكفر والإيمان ترك الصلاة
"The difference between disbelief and faith is abandoning the prayer."
Reference: Tirmidhi, Book of Faith 2618.
② Sayyiduna Buraidah رضي الله عنه narrates from his father, who said the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
العهد الذى بيننا وبينهم الصلاة فمن تركها فقد كفر
"The covenant between us and them is the prayer; whoever abandons it has committed disbelief."
Reference: Tirmidhi, Book of Faith 2621. Ibn Majah, Establishing Prayer and its Sunnah 1079.
③ Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin As رضي الله عنهما narrates from the Noble Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم that one day he mentioned prayer and said:
من حافظ عليها كانت له نورا وبرهانا ونجاة يوم القيامة، ومن لم يحافظ عليها لم يكن له نور ولا برهان ولا نجاة يوم القيامة وكان مع قارون وفرعون وهامان وأبي بن خلف
"Whoever guards it will have light, proof, and salvation on the Day of Resurrection, and whoever does not guard it will have neither light, nor proof, nor salvation on the Day of Resurrection, but will be with Qarun, Pharaoh, Haman, and Abu Jahl."
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, 2/169. The narration is Hasan.
④ Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Shaqiq رحمه الله states that the Companions of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم did not consider abandoning any act other than prayer as disbelief.
Reference: Tirmidhi, Book of Faith 2622.
⑤ Sayyiduna Abu Maleeh رضي الله عنه narrates that on a cloudy day during a battle, we were with Sayyiduna Buraidah رضي الله عنه. He said: Pray Asr quickly because the Noble Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
من ترك صلاة العصر فقد حبط عمله
"Whoever abandons the Asr prayer, his deeds are lost."
Reference: Bukhari, Book of Prayer Times 553. Ibn Majah, Book of Prayer 694. Musnad Ahmad, Remaining Musnad of the Ansar 422/5, Hadith 23109.
⑥ Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه narrates that the Noble Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
أول ما يحاسب به العبد يوم القيامة صلاته، فإن صلحت فقد أفلح وأنجح، وإن فسدت فقد خاب وخسر
"On the Day of Resurrection, the first thing to be accounted for from a servant will be his prayer; if it is sound, he will be successful and prosperous, and if it is not sound, he will be unsuccessful and unfortunate."
Reference: Tirmidhi, Book of Prayer 413. Abu Dawood, Book of Prayer 864.
⑦ Masroor bin Mukhramah narrates, we went to Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab رضي الله عنه and said: Prayer. He said: "Whoever abandons prayer has no share in Islam." He prayed while blood was flowing from his wound.
Reference: Muwatta 1/39 Hadith 51.
⑧ Sayyiduna Ibn Umar رضي الله عنهما narrates that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
الذي تفوته صلاة العصر كأنما وتر أهله وماله
"Whoever misses the Asr prayer, it is as if his house and property have been destroyed."
Reference: Bukhari, Book of Prayer Times 552. Muslim, Mosques and Places of Prayer 62/200. Abu Dawood, Book of Prayer 414.
⑨ Yahya bin Saeed رحمه الله narrates, indeed the one who prays on time and does not miss it, and when he misses it at its time, he is greater or better than his family and wealth.
Reference: Muwatta, Book of Prayer 12/1, Hadith 23.
