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As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.  (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

Assalam Alaikum Brother Burhan!

Actually the mail i am forwarding you has been sent to me by a friend,

who is always telling me these kind of things, So when he sent this mail
i was very worried but still i don't believe in the truth according to

Quran Hadees, Please shed some light on this matter.

Thanks,

SAYINGS (HADITH) OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (Sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam)
The one who disdains the prayers will receive Fifteen punishments from Allah.
Six punishments in this lifetime

Three while dying

Three in the grave &

Three on the Day of Judgment.

THE SIX PUNISHMENTS OF LIFE:

1. Allah takes away blessings from his age (makes his life misfortunate)

2.Allah does not accept his plea (Dua's) 3.Allah erases the features of good people from his face. 4.He will be detested by all creatures on earth. 5.Allah does not award him for his good deeds.

(No thawab) 6.He will not be included in the Dua's of good people.

THE THREE PUNISHMENTS WHILE DYING:

1. He dies humiliated.

2. He dies hungry.

3. He dies thirsty. Even if he drinks the water of all seas he will still be thirsty.

THE THREE PUNISHMENTS IN THE GRAVE:

1. Allah tightens his grave until his chest ribs come over each other.

2. Allah pours on him fire with embers.

3. Allah sets on him a snake

called "the brave", "the bold" which hits Him from morning until

afternoon for leaving Fajr prayer, from the afternoon

until Asr for leaving Dhuhr prayer and so on. With each strike he

sinks 70 yards under the ground.

THE THREE PUNISHMENTS ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT:

1. Allah sends who would accompany him to hell pulling him on the

face. 2. Allah gives him an angry look that makes the flesh of his

face fall down. 3. Allah judges him strictly and orders him to be

thrown in hell.

Note: If you get this copy, please make copies of it and distribute

them among all Muslims. You will be earning a Reward as well as

helping to show your brother & sisters the Right Path. May Allah give

guidance to all of us. AAMEEN!!!!!!!

THOSE WHO DO NOT SAY THEIR PRAYERS OF:

FAJAR: the glow of their face is taken away.

ZOHAR: the blessing of their income is taken away.

ASAR: the strength of their body is taken away.

MAGHRIB: they are not benefacted by their children.

ISHA: the peace of their sleep is taken away.

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Answer:

Hadith for not praying

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His  forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

There is absolutely no doubt that after the testification of Faith or ‘kalima shahaadah’, the most important condition or pillar of Islam is the obligatory prayers. There are several Quranic Aayahs and ahaadiths of the Messenger of Allah (saws) which specify the importance of prayers, but the supposed hadith quoted above by your friend is not authentic at all. The believers must fear Allah Subhanah and never attribute any saying or deed to the Messenger of Allah (saws) which is not authentic.

There are several authentic hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (saws) which signify the importance of prayers, and the severity of the punishment of those who discard them.

Jabir reports that the Prophet (saws) said, "Between a person and disbelief is discarding prayer." (Related by Ahmad, Muslim, Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.)

Buraidah reported that the Prophet (saws) said, "The pact between us and them is prayer. Whoever abandons it is a disbeliever." (Related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi, anNasa'i and Ibn Majah.)

'Abdullah ibn Qart related that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said "The first act that the slave will be accountable for on the Day of Judgement will be prayer. If it is good, then the rest of his acts will be good. And if it is evil, then the rest of his acts will be evil." (Related by at-Tabarani.)

Abu Umamah narrated that the The Messenger of Allah (saws) said, "If Islam were stripped away, piece by piece, people would hold tight to the next one. The first thing taken would be ruling and governance, and the last thing would be prayer." (Related by Ibn Hibban)

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'Aas reported that the Prophet (saws) one day mentioned the prayer and said, "Whoever guards and observes his prayer, they will be a light and a proof and a savior for him on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever does not guard and observe them, they will not be a light or a proof or a savior for him. On the Day of Resurrection, he will be with Qarun, Fir'aun, Haman and Ubayy ibn Khalf." (Related by Ahmad, at-Tabarani and Ibn Hibban.)

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your Brother in Islam,

Burhan