Prayer Duties

"Narrated Ibn Shihab:\n\nOnce `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz delayed the prayer and `Urwa bin Az-Zubair went to him and said,\n\n\"Once in 'Iraq, Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba delayed his prayers and Abi Mas`ud Al-Ansari went to him\n\nand said, 'O Mughira! What is this? Don't you know that once Gabriel came and offered the prayer\n\n(Fajr prayer) and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prayed too, then he prayed again (Zuhr prayer) and so did Allah's\n\nApostle and again he prayed (`Asr prayers and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did the same; again he prayed\n\n(Maghrib-prayer) and so did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and again prayed (`Isha prayer) and so did Allah's\n\nApostle and (Gabriel) said, 'I was ordered to do so (to demonstrate the prayers prescribed to you)?'\"\n\n`Umar (bin `Abdul `Aziz) said to `Urwa, \"Be sure of what you Say. Did Gabriel lead Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)\n\nat the stated times of the prayers?\" `Urwa replied, \"Bashir bin Abi Mas`ud narrated like this on the\n\nauthority of his father.\" `Urwa added, \"Aisha told me that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to pray `Asr prayer\n\nwhen the sunshine was still inside her residence (during the early time of `Asr).\n\nNarrated Ibn `Abbas:\n\n\"Once a delegation of `Abdul Qais came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, \"We belong to such and such\n\nbranch of the tribe of Rabi'ah and we can only come to you in the sacred months. Order us to do\n\nsomething good so that we may take it from you and also invite to it those whom we have left behind (at home).\" So he said, \"I order you to do four things and forbid you from four\n\nthings: To believe in Allah\" - and then he explained it to them \"to testify that none has the right to be\n\nworshipped but Allah and that I am Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), to establish the prayers (at the stated times),\n\nto pay the Zakat (obligatory charity), to hand me the Khumus (fifth) if you acquire spoils of war. And I\n\nforbid from (using) Dubba, Hantam, Muqaiyyar, and Naqir (all these were utensils used for the preparation\n\nof alcoholic drinks).\n\nNarrated Jarir bin `Abdullah:\n\nI gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for to offer prayers perfectly, to pay Zakat regularly,\n\nand to give good advice to every Muslim.\n\nNarrated `Abdullah:\n\nI asked the Prophet (ﷺ) \"Which deed is the dearest to Allah?\" He replied, \"To offer the prayers at their\n\nearly stated fixed times.\" I asked, \"What is the next (in goodness)?\" He replied, \"To be good and dutiful to\n\nyour parents\" I again asked, \"What is the next (in goodness)?\" He replied, 'To participate in Jihad (religious\n\nfighting) in Allah's cause.\" `Abdullah added, \"I asked only that much and if I had asked more, the Prophet (ﷺ)\n\nwould have told me more.\"\n\nNarrated Ibn Mas`ud:\n\nA man kissed a woman (unlawfully) and then went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and informed him. Allah revealed:\n\nAnd offer prayers perfectly At the two ends of the day And in some hours of the night (i.e. the five\n\ncompulsory prayers). Verily! good deeds remove (annul) the evil deeds (small sins) (11.114). The\n\nman asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), \"Is it for me?\" He said, \"It is for all my followers.\"\n\nNarrated Abu Huraira:\n\nI heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, \"If there was a river at the door of anyone of you and he took a bath in\n\nit five times a day would you notice any dirt on him?\" They said, \"Not a trace of dirt would be left.\"\n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) added, \"That is the example of the five prayers with which Allah blots out (annuls) evil\n\ndeeds.\""