40 Hadith Qudsi #9

إن أول ما يحاسب به العبد صلاته

The First to Be Accounted — Prayer

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه
Sahih
At-Tirmidhi
Arabic
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ صَلَاتُهُ. فَإِنْ صَلُحَتْ فَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ وَأَنْجَحَ، وَإِنْ فَسَدَتْ فَقَدْ خَابَ وَخَسِرَ. فَإِنْ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ فَرِيضَتِهِ شَيْءٌ، قَالَ الرَّبُّ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: انْظُرُوا هَلْ لِعَبْدِي مِنْ تَطَوُّعٍ فَيُكَمَّلَ بِهَا مَا انْتَقَصَ مِنْ الْفَرِيضَةِ. ثُمَّ يَكُونُ سَائِرُ عَمَلِهِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ (وَكَذَلِكَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ وَأَحْمَدُ).
Pronunciation
'An Abi Hurayrata radiyallahu 'anhu qala: Qala Rasulullahi sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam: Inna awwala ma yuhasabu bihi-l-'abdu yawma-l-qiyamati min 'amalihi salatuh. Fa-in saluhat faqad aflaha wa anjaha, wa in fasadat faqad khaba wa khasir. Fa-in-ntaqasa min faridatihi shay'un, Qala-r-Rabbu 'azza wa jall: Unzuru hal li'abdi min tatawwu'in fayukammala biha ma-ntaqasa mina-l-farida. Thumma yakunu sa'iru 'amalihi 'ala dhalik. Rawahu-t-Tirmidhi (wa kadhalika Abu Dawuda wa-n-Nasa'i wa-bnu Majah wa Ahmadu).
English
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: The first of his actions for which a servant of Allah will be held accountable on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayers. If they are in order, then he will have prospered and succeeded; and if they are wanting, then he will have failed and lost. If there is something defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified and exalted be He) will say: See if My servant has any supererogatory prayers with which may be completed that which was defective in his obligatory prayers. Then the rest of his actions will be judged in like fashion. It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Ahmad).