ESTABLISH PRAYER (الصلاة)
Prayer (Salat) is the utmost pillar and the main matter of Islam.
It is the key for glory and victory in the times of tribulation and hardship.
"O you who have believed, if you stand by Allah [pray to him], He will make you victorious and plant firmly your feet."
47.7
"We revealed to Moses and his brother, “Appoint houses for your people in Egypt. Turn these houses into places of worship, establish prayer, and give good news to the believers."
10.87
"Who believe in the unseen, Establish prayer (Salat), and spend out of what We have provided for them."
2.3
"Then, there has succeeded them a posterity who have given up and lost their prayer (Salat) and have followed lusts. So they will be thrown in Hell."
19.59
"What has caused you to enter Hell?”They will say, "We were not of those who prayed."
74.42-43
The Propht (ﷺ) said:
"The covenant that is between us and them (i.e., the infidel people) is prayer; therefore, whoever neglects it has disbelieved."
The Propht (ﷺ) said:
"Between man and polytheism and infidelity is neglecting prayer (Salat)."
" Until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back, That I might do righteousness (pray) in that which I left behind." No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the day they are resurrected."
23.99-100
The last words of our Prophet (ﷺ) in the farewell sermon:
"O people: Prayer (Salat), prayer (Salat), prayer (Salat), Allah is in the prayer (Salat)."