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;. RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 195 does this laggard you would depart from the way of your Prophet, and if you depart from it you would have gone astray. I have known a time when only a confirmed hypocrite would stay away from them. Some of us were brought to the mosque supported between two men till they reached their place in the row (Muslim). Another version is: The Messenger of Allah taught us the ways of guidance, and part of them is Prayer in the mosque from which the Azan is called. 1074. Abu Darda' relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: If there are three in a village or even in the desert and they do not join in Prayer, Satan would surely overcome them. So always gather together for Prayer, for a wolf would rend a solitary sheep (Abu Daud). 191. . On Urging joining the Dawn and Evening Prayers 1075. Uthman ibn Affan relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: He who says the evening Prayer in congregation is as if he had spent half the night in voluntary Prayer, and he who says the dawn Prayer in congregation is as if he had spent the whole night in voluntary Prayer (Muslim). Tirmidhi's version is: He who says the evening Prayer in congregation is as if he had spent half the night in voluntary Prayer, and he who says the evening and dawn Prayers in congregation is as if he had spent the whole night in voluntary Prayer. 1076. This hadith is the same as No. 1037. 1077. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: The hypocrites find no Prayer so burdensome as the dawn and evening Prayers and yet if they. knew of their beneficence they would come to them even if they had to crawl on all fours (Bokhari and Muslim). 192. . On Safeguarding the Prescribed Prayers. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 282. Be watchful over Prayers, particularly over the Prayer the hour of which approaches when you are pre-occupied (2. 239). 283. Then if they repent and observe Prayer and pay the. Zakat, leave them alone (9. 5). 1078. This hadith is the same as No. 314. 1079. Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: Islam is based on five articles: Bearing witness that there is none worthy of worship save Allah