23/434 — Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) related that a man who had kissed a woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of what he had done. Thereupon Allah, Exalted is He, revealed: “And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and in the early hours of the night. Surely good deeds erase misdeeds” (Hūd 11:114). The man said, “Is this verse meant especially for me, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “It is for my entire community, all of them.” — Agreed upon.

24/435 — Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have incurred a ḥadd; exact it from me.” The time for prayer arrived, so he prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the prayer was finished the man said, “O Messenger of Allah, I have incurred a ḥadd; carry out what is in the Book of Allah.” He asked, “Did you not pray with us just now?” The man replied, “Yes.” He said, “You have already been forgiven.” — Agreed upon.

His words “I have incurred a ḥadd” here mean a sin that entails disciplinary punishment (taʿzīr); they do not refer to the fixed legal penalties such as those for adultery, drinking wine, and the like, for such ḥudūd are not nullified by performing the prayer, nor is it permissible for the imam to waive them.

25/436 — Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) also reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Indeed Allah is pleased with the servant who, when he eats a morsel of food, praises Him for it, or when he drinks a draft, praises Him for it.” — Narrated by Muslim.

The word al-aklah—with the hamzah pronounced openly—refers to a single occasion of eating, whether it be a morning or an evening meal.