1539 — Ubayd Allah ibn Ahmad informed us. He said: Ahmad informed us. Abdullah informed us. He said: My father narrated to us. He said: Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us. He said: Ja‘far ibn ‘Awn narrated to us, from al-Hasan, who said: It reached me that the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: “What stands between a servant and committing shirk (associating partners with Allah), thereby disbelieving, is abandoning the prayer without excuse.”