وَ قَالَ اللّٰهُ اِنِّیْ مَعَكُمْؕ-لَىٕنْ اَقَمْتُمُ الصَّلٰوةَ وَ اٰتَیْتُمُ الزَّكٰوةَ وَ اٰمَنْتُمْ بِرُسُلِیْ وَ عَزَّرْتُمُوْهُمْ وَ اَقْرَضْتُمُ اللّٰهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا لَّاُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْكُمْ سَیِّاٰتِكُمْ وَ لَاُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ جَنّٰتٍ تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُۚ-

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And Allah said, ‘Indeed I am with you; surely, if you establish the prayer and pay the charity, and believe in My Noble Messengers and respect them, and lend an excellent loan to Allah, I will surely forgive your sins, and I will surely admit you into Gardens beneath which rivers flow. (Part 6, Surah Al-Ma’idah, Ayah 12)

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! There are great blessings for Salah-offering people in the blessed court of Allah Almighty, such as they are being given good pieces of news of Paradise and forgiveness. They are being given good pieces of news of great reward too. Great importance and persuasion have also been made for Salah in blessed Ahadees. For persuasion, let’s listen to two blessed sayings of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم:

1)      Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has made five Salahs Fard [obligatory]. The one who performs Wudu in a better way for them and offers them at their (right) time, and completes their Ruku and Sujood with humility, so it is upon the mercy of Allah Almighty to forgive him and the one who does not perform them, so there is nothing for him upon Allah Almighty; if He wills, He may forgive him and if He wills, He may torment him. (Sunan Abi Dawood, vol. 1, pp. 186, Raqm 425)

2)      If there were a stream in the courtyard of anyone of you, and he took bath in it five times a day, would there be any dirt left on him? People humbly said: ‘No.’ He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘Salah washes sins as water washes dirt.’ (Sunan Ibn Majah, vol. 2, pp. 165, Hadees 1397)