WEBVTT 00:00:00.780 --> 00:00:09.779 Riyad Al-Saleh from the words of the Master of Messengers, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:00:09.779 --> 00:00:21.379 Chapter on the command to perform the prescribed prayers, the emphatic prohibition, and the severe threat against abandoning them 00:00:21.379 --> 00:00:29.879 God Almighty said: Preserve the prayers and the middle prayer 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:37.880 And God Almighty said: But if they repent and establish prayer and pay zakat, then let them go 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:43.189 On the authority of Ibn Masoud, may God be pleased with him, he said: 00:00:43.189 --> 00:00:50.189 I asked the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, which deeds are best 00:00:50.189 --> 00:00:56.320 He said, “Pray at its appointed time.” I said, “Then, yes.” 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:02.420 He said: Honoring one’s parents. I said, “Then what?” 00:01:02.420 --> 00:01:08.510 He said: Jihad for the sake of God. Agreed upon 00:01:08.510 --> 00:01:12.959 On the authority of Ibn Omar, may God be pleased with them both, he said: 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:16.959 The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:22.959 Islam is built on five testimonies: There is no god but God 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:25.959 And that Muhammad is the Messenger of God 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:29.959 And performing prayers and paying zakat 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:36.060 Hajj to the House and fasting in Ramadan are agreed upon 00:01:36.060 --> 00:01:43.340 On five, that is, on five pillars or five pillars 00:01:43.340 --> 00:01:46.260 One of the benefits of talking 00:01:46.260 --> 00:01:50.650 Islam is built on these pillars 00:01:50.650 --> 00:01:52.650 They are like pillars for his building 00:01:52.650 --> 00:01:55.650 The structure will not be stable without it 00:01:55.650 --> 00:02:01.129 What is meant by the two testimonies is faith in God and His Messenger 00:02:01.129 --> 00:02:04.640 As for establishing prayer 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:07.640 The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, made it 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:09.639 Pillar of Islam 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:12.639 As in the hadith of Moaz, may God be pleased with him 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:17.639 The head of the matter is Islam and its pillar is prayer 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:20.639 The building cannot stand except with its pillars 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:23.639 It is only proven by baptism 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:25.639 Even if the column falls 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:29.639 The structure would have collapsed and would not have been established without it 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:34.860 On the authority of Ibn Omar, may God be pleased with them both, he said: 00:02:34.860 --> 00:02:38.860 The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:41.860 I was ordered to fight the people until they bear witness 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:43.860 That there is no god but God 00:02:43.860 --> 00:02:46.860 And that Muhammad is the Messenger of God 00:02:46.860 --> 00:02:49.860 He performs prayer and pays zakat 00:02:49.860 --> 00:02:51.860 If they do that 00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:54.860 Their blood and their money are protected from me 00:02:54.860 --> 00:02:57.860 Except for the right of Islam 00:02:57.860 --> 00:02:59.860 And their reckoning is with God 00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:02.110 Agreed 00:03:02.110 --> 00:03:05.560 On the authority of Moaz, may God be pleased with him, he said: 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:09.560 The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, sent me 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:11.560 To Yemen 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:16.560 He said: You are coming to a people from the People of the Book 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:18.560 So invite them to witness 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:20.560 That there is no god but God 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:23.590 And I am the Messenger of God 00:03:23.590 --> 00:03:25.590 If they obey that 00:03:25.590 --> 00:03:27.590 So teach them that God Almighty 00:03:27.590 --> 00:03:30.590 Five prayers are required of them 00:03:30.590 --> 00:03:32.590 Every day and night 00:03:32.590 --> 00:03:35.689 They obeyed that 00:03:35.689 --> 00:03:37.689 So teach them that God Almighty 00:03:37.689 --> 00:03:39.689 He imposed charity on them 00:03:39.689 --> 00:03:42.689 Taken from their richest 00:03:42.689 --> 00:03:44.689 So you respond to their poor 00:03:44.689 --> 00:03:47.719 They obeyed that 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:50.719 Beware of their generous wealth 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:53.719 Fear the call of the oppressed 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:57.719 There is no veil between her and God 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:59.849 Agreed 00:03:59.849 --> 00:04:03.229 On the authority of Jabir, may God be pleased with him, he said: 00:04:03.229 --> 00:04:08.229 I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say 00:04:08.229 --> 00:04:12.300 There is a difference between a man and polytheism and disbelief 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:14.300 Leaving prayer 00:04:14.300 --> 00:04:16.579 Narrated by Muslim 00:04:16.579 --> 00:04:19.579 On the authority of Buraydah, may God be pleased with him 00:04:19.579 --> 00:04:23.680 On the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, he said 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:27.680 The covenant between us and them is prayer 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.740 Whoever abandons it has disbelieved 00:04:30.740 --> 00:04:33.160 Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:36.160 And on the authority of Ibn Abdullah Al-Tabi’i’s brother 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:40.160 His Majesty, may God have mercy on him, agreed. He said 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:44.160 They were the companions of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:47.160 They do not see any actions as blasphemy 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:49.160 Other than prayer 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:51.259 Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi 00:04:51.259 --> 00:04:55.899 On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said 00:04:55.899 --> 00:05:00.019 The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said 00:05:00.019 --> 00:05:06.019 The first thing a servant will be held accountable for on the Day of Resurrection is his prayer 00:05:06.019 --> 00:05:10.019 If it is correct, then he will be successful and prosperous 00:05:10.019 --> 00:05:14.120 If it is spoiled, then he will be disappointed and lose 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:17.120 If he detracts from his obligation in any way 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.120 The Lord Almighty said 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:23.120 See if my servant has volunteered 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:27.149 Whoever neglected the obligatory prayer completes it 00:05:27.149 --> 00:05:31.379 Then all his actions will be like this 00:05:31.379 --> 00:05:33.379 Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi 00:05:33.379 --> 00:05:37.430 One of the benefits of talking 00:05:37.430 --> 00:05:42.430 The first thing a servant will be held accountable for is matters of worship on the Day of Resurrection 00:05:42.430 --> 00:05:44.910 Prayer 00:05:44.910 --> 00:05:47.910 He prayed and fixed his work 00:05:47.910 --> 00:05:52.329 Whoever does not perform his prayers, his deeds are invalid 00:05:52.329 --> 00:05:55.329 God's mercy is great for His servants 00:05:55.329 --> 00:05:58.899 That they be obligated from their voluntary prayers 00:05:58.899 --> 00:06:01.899 His general duties are imposed 00:06:01.899 --> 00:06:05.899 If there is a voluntary prayer in it, complete it 00:06:05.899 --> 00:06:09.899 Even if his good deeds outweigh his bad deeds 00:06:09.899 --> 00:06:17.100 He entered Paradise by God's mercy upon him 00:06:17.100 --> 00:06:19.100 He preferred first grade 00:06:19.100 --> 00:06:22.100 The order to complete the first rows 00:06:22.100 --> 00:06:25.100 And level them and stack them 00:06:25.100 --> 00:06:31.449 On the authority of Jabir bin Samra, may God be pleased with them both, he said 00:06:31.449 --> 00:06:36.480 The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, came out to us and said: 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:41.509 Don't you describe us as the angels describe us before their Lord? 00:06:41.509 --> 00:06:44.509 So we said, O Messenger of God 00:06:44.509 --> 00:06:47.509 How do angels describe themselves before their Lord? 00:06:47.509 --> 00:06:50.540 He said that they finish the first grades 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:53.540 They line up in class 00:06:53.540 --> 00:06:55.740 Narrated by Muslim 00:06:55.740 --> 00:06:59.569 One of the benefits of talking 00:06:59.569 --> 00:07:05.819 Telling that angels are in ranks with God, Blessed and Most High 00:07:05.819 --> 00:07:07.819 They line up in class 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:10.819 There will be no imbalance between them 00:07:10.819 --> 00:07:14.209 Luck to imitate angels 00:07:14.209 --> 00:07:18.209 Because angels are infallible 00:07:18.209 --> 00:07:20.209 And imitation of the infallible 00:07:20.209 --> 00:07:23.209 It leads to perfection in work 00:07:23.209 --> 00:07:27.360 On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:31.360 The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:36.360 If only people knew what is in the call to prayer and the first row 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:40.360 Then they had no choice but to take shares on it 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:41.360 No, they contributed 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:43.579 Agreed 00:07:43.579 --> 00:07:48.060 On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:52.060 The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said 00:07:52.060 --> 00:07:55.060 The best rows for men are the first ones 00:07:55.060 --> 00:07:58.060 And the worst of it is the last of it 00:07:58.060 --> 00:08:01.060 The best rows for women are the last ones 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:04.060 The worst of it is the first 00:08:04.060 --> 00:08:06.100 Narrated by Muslim 00:08:06.100 --> 00:08:09.899 One of the benefits of talking 00:08:09.899 --> 00:08:14.060 It is desirable for men to come early to the mosque 00:08:14.060 --> 00:08:16.060 To have the advantage of precedence 00:08:16.060 --> 00:08:19.060 And achieving the first grades 00:08:19.060 --> 00:08:24.600 Islam is keen on women not looking at men's private parts 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.600 He also made sure that the man did not look at the woman 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:33.080 Women leave before men leave 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:38.080 So that women do not mix with men in mosques 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:42.529 Men who are close to the imam follow him 00:08:42.529 --> 00:08:44.529 So the women followed them 00:08:45.529 --> 00:08:47.529 This is an issue 00:08:47.529 --> 00:08:53.009 It is not permissible for a woman to precede a man in prayer 00:08:53.009 --> 00:08:57.009 Men are stronger at carrying the message than prophets 00:08:57.009 --> 00:09:00.009 I am keen to inform women about it 00:09:00.009 --> 00:09:03.009 Therefore, they must be presented 00:09:03.009 --> 00:09:07.200 Their front rows were the best rows 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:11.200 The last rows of women are better than the first 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:17.649 On the authority of Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, may God be pleased with him 00:09:17.649 --> 00:09:20.649 That the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:09:20.649 --> 00:09:23.649 He saw his companions being late 00:09:23.649 --> 00:09:29.830 He said to them, “Come forward and follow me.” 00:09:29.830 --> 00:09:32.830 And let those who come after you come to you 00:09:32.830 --> 00:09:37.830 The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, will not forget them 00:09:38.830 --> 00:09:41.830 And let those who come after you come to you 00:09:41.830 --> 00:09:46.830 Some people continue to delay until God delays them 00:09:46.830 --> 00:09:48.860 Narrated by Muslim 00:09:50.629 --> 00:09:52.629 One of the benefits of talking 00:09:52.629 --> 00:09:55.860 Encouraging and being keen on learning 00:09:55.860 --> 00:10:02.340 Whoever is late in learning and following the example of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:10:02.340 --> 00:10:05.340 Learn virtues and avoid vices 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:10.340 Until God delays them from His mercy and His great reward 00:10:10.340 --> 00:10:16.909 It is permissible for the person being led in prayer to follow the imam whom he does not see or hear 00:10:16.909 --> 00:10:22.909 Someone informs him or lines up in front of him and sees him following the imam 00:10:22.909 --> 00:10:28.029 On the authority of Abu Masoud, may God be pleased with him, he said 00:10:28.029 --> 00:10:31.029 He was the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:10:31.029 --> 00:10:35.029 He wipes our shoulders in prayer and says: 00:10:35.029 --> 00:10:40.029 Be equal and do not differ lest your hearts differ 00:10:40.029 --> 00:10:44.029 I will receive from you the first dreams and endings 00:10:44.029 --> 00:10:49.129 Then those after them, then those after them 00:10:49.129 --> 00:10:51.129 Narrated by Muslim 00:10:51.129 --> 00:10:55.899 Those who dream are rational adults 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:58.899 Perfect in virtue 00:10:58.899 --> 00:11:01.409 One of the benefits of talking 00:11:01.409 --> 00:11:08.470 Resolving the ranks is a reason for the unity of the nation and its wrapping around the strong rope of God 00:11:08.470 --> 00:11:12.860 Difference on the outside leads to difference on the inside 00:11:12.860 --> 00:11:16.860 This confirms the influence of the external on the internal 00:11:16.860 --> 00:11:19.860 And vice versa, negatively and positively 00:11:19.860 --> 00:11:26.340 It is desirable for the imam to follow the scholars and scholars of the Qur’an and Sunnah 00:11:26.340 --> 00:11:29.340 Then without them and so on 00:11:29.340 --> 00:11:35.779 Explaining the virtue of knowledge of the Book of God and the Sunnah of His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:41.779 Because it is the reason for their advancement over others 00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:44.779 On the authority of Anas, may God be pleased with him, he said: 00:11:44.779 --> 00:11:48.779 The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said 00:11:48.779 --> 00:11:50.779 Close your ranks 00:11:50.779 --> 00:11:54.779 Straightening the row is part of the prayer 00:11:54.779 --> 00:11:56.779 Agreed 00:11:56.779 --> 00:11:58.899 And in Bukhari’s narration 00:11:58.899 --> 00:12:02.899 Straightening the rows is part of establishing prayer 00:12:02.899 --> 00:12:06.669 One of the benefits of talking 00:12:06.669 --> 00:12:12.740 The imam should order people to straighten the rows before starting to pray 00:12:12.740 --> 00:12:19.179 The command to straighten the rows and establish them comes after the establishment of prayer 00:12:19.179 --> 00:12:23.570 Straightening the rows is part of congregational prayer 00:12:23.570 --> 00:12:28.690 On the authority of Anas, may God be pleased with him, he said: 00:12:28.690 --> 00:12:30.690 Prayer was held 00:12:30.690 --> 00:12:35.690 So the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, turned to us with his face 00:12:35.690 --> 00:12:36.690 And he said 00:12:36.690 --> 00:12:40.690 Establish your ranks and lead your ranks 00:12:40.690 --> 00:12:43.690 I see you behind my back 00:12:43.690 --> 00:12:46.750 Narrated by Al-Bukhari in his own words 00:12:46.750 --> 00:12:48.750 And Muslim meaning 00:12:48.750 --> 00:12:51.909 And in a narration by Al-Bukhari 00:12:51.909 --> 00:12:55.909 One of us was pressing his shoulder against his friend's shoulder 00:12:55.909 --> 00:12:57.909 And his foot 00:12:57.909 --> 00:13:01.649 One of the benefits of talking 00:13:01.649 --> 00:13:06.809 Confirming the establishment and settlement of rows when requested by the Imam 00:13:06.809 --> 00:13:08.809 And during prayer 00:13:08.809 --> 00:13:13.129 Proof of the miracle of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:13:13.129 --> 00:13:17.129 He sees his friends behind his back 00:13:17.129 --> 00:13:21.129 This would be more effective for them to maintain rows 00:13:21.129 --> 00:13:23.539 Row leveling 00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:26.539 It is by pressing the shoulder to the shoulder 00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:28.539 And foot by foot 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:34.629 On the authority of Al-Numan bin Bashir, may God be pleased with them both, he said: 00:13:34.629 --> 00:13:39.629 I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say 00:13:39.629 --> 00:13:41.629 To straighten your ranks 00:13:41.629 --> 00:13:45.629 Or God will disagree between your faces 00:13:45.629 --> 00:13:47.629 Agreed 00:13:47.629 --> 00:13:50.759 And in a narration by Muslim 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:53.759 That the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:55.759 He was straightening our ranks 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:59.759 Even as if he was lighting a lighter with it 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:03.759 Until he saw that he had made sense of it 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:07.820 Then he went out one day and stood until he almost said takbeer 00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:11.820 He saw a man with his chest visible from the row 00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:14.820 Servants of God said 00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:16.820 To straighten your ranks 00:14:16.820 --> 00:14:20.820 Or God will disagree between your faces 00:14:20.820 --> 00:14:24.590 One of the benefits of talking 00:14:24.590 --> 00:14:28.720 Failure to straighten the ranks leads to disagreement 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:32.720 Difference leads to hostility and hatred 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:35.720 And the difference of hearts 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:40.840 On the authority of Al-Baraa bin Azib, may God be pleased with them both, he said: 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:44.840 He was the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:48.840 The row moves from side to side 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:52.840 He wipes our chests and shoulders and says: 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:57.840 Do not differ, lest your hearts differ 00:14:57.840 --> 00:15:01.840 He used to say that God and His angels 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:04.970 They pray in the first rows 00:15:04.970 --> 00:15:08.740 Narrated by Abu Dawood 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:12.059 One of the benefits of talking 00:15:12.059 --> 00:15:15.059 First grade preferred 00:15:15.059 --> 00:15:18.059 This is why it is recommended to arrive early to prayer 00:15:18.059 --> 00:15:21.889 To obtain the virtue of first grades 00:15:21.889 --> 00:15:24.889 O enemy of the righteous