Volume 1, Book 11, Number 660:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Isn’t he who raises his head before the Imam afraid that Allah may transform
his head into that of a donkey or his figure (face) into that of a donkey?”

Volume 1, Book 11, Number 624:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “While a man was going on a way, he saw a thorny branch and removed it
from the way and Allah became pleased by his action and forgave him for that.” Then the Prophet
said, “Five are martyrs: One who dies of plague, one who dies of an abdominal disease, one who dies
of drowning, one who is buried alive (and) dies and one who is killed in Allah’s cause.” (The Prophet
further said, “If the people knew the reward for pronouncing the Adhan and for standing in the first
row (in the congregational prayer) and found no other way to get it except by drawing lots they
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would do so, and if they knew the reward of offering the Zuhr prayer early (in its stated time), they
would race for it and they knew the reward for ‘Isha’ and Fajr prayers in congregation, they would
attend them even if they were to crawl’)

Volume 1, Book 11, Number 626:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “No prayer is harder for the hypocrites than the Fajr and the ‘Isha’ prayers and if
they knew the reward for these prayers at their respective times, they would certainly present them –
selves (in the mosques) even if they had to c awl.” The Prophet added, “Certainly I decided to order
the Mu’adh-dhin (call-maker) to pronounce Iqama and order a man to lead the prayer and then
take a fire flame to burn all those who had not left their houses so far for the prayer along with their
houses.”

Volume 1, Book 11, Number 628:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “The angels keep on asking for Allah’s Blessing and Forgiveness for anyone of
you as long as he is at his Musalla (praying place) and does not do Hadath (passes wind). The angels
say, ‘O Allah! Forgive him and be Merciful to him.’ Each one of you is in the prayer as long as he is
waiting for the prayer and nothing but the prayer detains him from going to his family.”
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Volume 1, Book 11, Number 629:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Allah will give shade, to seven, on the Day when there will be no shade but His.
(These seven persons are) a just ruler, a youth who has been brought up in the worship of Allah (i.e.
worships Allah sincerely from childhood), a man whose heart is attached to the mosques (i.e. to pray
the compulsory prayers in the mosque in congregation), two persons who love each other only for
Allah’s sake and they meet and part in Allah’s cause only, a man who refuses the call of a charming
woman of noble birth for illicit intercourse with her and says: I am afraid of Allah, a man who gives
charitable gifts so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given (i.e.
nobody knows how much he has given in charity), and a person who remembers Allah in seclusion
and his eyes are then flooded with tears.”

Volume 1, Book 11, Number 631:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Allah will prepare for him who goes to the mosque (every) morning and in the
afternoon (for the congregational prayer) an honorable place in Paradise with good hospitality for
(what he has done) every morning and afternoon goings.

Volume 1, Book 11, Number 613:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Once iqama was pronounced and the people had straightened the rows, Allah’s Apostle went for –
ward (to lead the prayer) but he was Junub, so he said, “Remain in your places.” And he went out,
took a bath and returned with water trickling from his head. Then he led the prayer.

Volume 1, Book 11, Number 617:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is I was about to order for collecting fire-
wood (fuel) and then order Someone to pronounce the Adhan for the prayer and then order someone
to lead the prayer then I would go from behind and burn the houses of men who did not present
themselves for the (compulsory congregational) prayer. By Him, in Whose Hands my soul is, if any –
one of them had known that he would get a bone covered with good meat or two (small) pieces of
meat present in between two ribs, he would have turned up for the ‘Isha’ prayer.’