Dear Islamic brothers, there is no doubt in five daily salah being obligatory upon every Muslim. To deny this obligation is an act of disbelief. Whoever misses one salah commits a major sin and is worthy of punishment in Hellfire. Highlighting the importance of salah, the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم explained, خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ - “There are five (obligatory) salah across day and night.”^[1]

Now observe the level of authority Allah has given His beloved! Despite five daily salah being obligatory for the entire ummah, a person asked if he could miss three of them, and the final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم gave him permission to do so. The rest of the ummah must offer five obligatory salah a day, whilst this one person is obliged to offer two. This is due to the complete authority held by the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم .

Discussing this in detail, a person once came to the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and agreed to embrace Islam on the condition that he would offer two salah a day. This was accepted by the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم . (The person accepted Islam and offered two daily salah, instead of five.)^[2]

Note that this permission of missing salah was specific to only that person. For others, it is impermissible to miss even a single salah without a valid reason.

Dear Islamic brothers, you have heard of how five daily salahs are obligatory for all Muslims to offer. You have now also heard of how the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم allowed one person to remain exempt from offering three of them and only offer two a day. There is a similar