Islam is built on five Whoever abandons the ‘Asr prayer, his deeds will be rendered worthless Islam is built on five Whoever forgets a prayer should perform it as soon as he remembers it; there is no expiation for it except that What stands between a man and polytheism and disbelief is the abandonment of the prayers The covenant between us and them is prayer; so, whoever abandons it has disbelieved It was mentioned before the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about a man who slept throughout the night until morning. He said, "That is a man in whose ears—or, he said, in whose ear—the devil urinated Command your children to pray when they are seven years old, and beat them for (not offering) it when they are ten, and separate them (boys and girls) in beds I am Dimām ibn Tha‘labah, from the brothers of Banu Sa‘d ibn Bakr Whoever performs our prayer, faces our Qiblah (direction of the Ka‘bah), and eats from our slaughtered animals—that is the Muslim who enjoys the protection (covenant) of Allah and His Messenger. So do not betray Allah by violating His protection The prayer and what your right hands possess