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Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

1083 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I have been commanded to fight people until they testify that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establish the prayer, and give the zakāh. When they do that, they will have secured their lives and their property from me—except for what is due under Islam—and their account rests with Allah.” Agreed upon.

1084 – Muʿādh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me to Yemen and instructed, “You are going to a people from among the People of the Scripture. Call them to bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah. If they accept that, inform them that Allah, Exalted is He, has made five prayers obligatory upon them in every day and night. If they obey you in that, then inform them that Allah has prescribed for them an obligatory charity to be taken from their rich and returned to their poor. If they comply with that, beware of taking the choicest of their wealth (1) and guard yourself against the supplication of the oppressed, for between it and Allah there is no veil.” Agreed upon.

1085 – Jābir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Between a man and idolatry stands the abandonment of prayer.” Related by Muslim.

1086 – Buraidah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “The covenant that distinguishes us from them (2) is the prayer; whoever abandons it has committed disbelief.” Related by al-Tirmidhī, who said: a sound and authentic hadith.

1087 – The eminent successor Shaqīq ibn ʿAbd Allāh—may Allah have mercy on him—said, “The Companions of Muhammad ﷺ did not regard the abandonment of any deed as unbelief except the prayer.” Related by al-Tirmidhī in the Book of Faith with a sound chain of transmission.

1088 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Indeed, the first of what…"

(1) It is the plural of karima, meaning something precious and valuable. (2) The pronoun refers to the hypocrites.

١٠٨٣ - وعنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ، وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ ، وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ ، فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ ، عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلَّا بِحَقِّ الْإِسْلَامِ ، وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ » متفق عليه . ١٠٨٤ - وعن معاذ رضي الله عنه قال : بعثني رسول الله ﷺ إلى اليمن فقال : « إِنَّكَ تَأْتِي قَوْمًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ ، فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ، وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ، فَإِنْ هُمْ أَطَاعُوا لِذَلِكَ ، فَأَعْلِمْهُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ ، فَإِنْ هُمْ أَطَاعُوا لِذَلِكَ ، فَأَعْلِمْهُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُؤْخَذُ مِنْ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ فَتُرَدُّ عَلَى فُقَرَائِهِمْ ، فَإِنْ هُمْ أَطَاعُوا لِذَلِكَ ، فَإِيَّاكَ وَكَرَائِمَ أَمْوَالِهِمْ (١) وَاتَّقِ دَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ ، فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ حِجَابٌ » متفق عليه . ١٠٨٥ - وعن جابر رضي الله عنه قال : سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول : « إِنَّ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَبَيْنَ الشِّرْكِ تَرْكُ الصَّلَاةِ » رواه مسلم . ١٠٨٦ - وعن بُرَيْدَةَ رضي الله عنه ، عن النبي ﷺ قال : « الْعَهْدُ الَّذِي بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُم (٢) الصَّلَاةُ ، فَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا فَقَدْ كَفَرَ » رواه الترمذي وقال : حديث حسن صحيح . ١٠٨٧ - وعن شقيق بن عبد الله التابعي المتفق على جلالته رحمه الله قال : كَانَ أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ لَا يَرَوْنَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْأَعْمَالِ تَرْكُهُ كُفْرَ غَيْرِ الصَّلَاةِ . رواه الترمذي في كتاب الإيمان بإسناد صحيح . ١٠٨٨ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا

(١) جمع كريمة وهي : النفيسة الغالية . (٢) الضمير للمنافقين .