1. The Priority of Obligatory Prayer
among the virtues of prayer 5 times are:
A. prayer can prevent the culprit from committing acts that are cruel (bad) and mungkar (violating Allah's commands). This is stated in the Koran Surat Al-ankabuut verse 45, namely:
MEANING:
"... and establish prayer, actually prayer can prevent the culprit) from deeds that are and may ..." (Al-ankabuut, 29: 45)
Prayers that can prevent from vile and mundane deeds are prayers that are carried out according to harmony and the conditions that have been determined, carried out in a special manner, full of appreciation for Allah's majesty and freedom, and living the meaning of each reading, prayer is carried out sincerely, heartedly sincere ones.
Prayer can erase small sins that have never escaped human life in this world. in a hadith, the apostle of peace be upon him:
MEANING:
"What do you think, if in front of the door one of you has a river that is used for bathing every day 5 times, is there still dirt stuck on his body?" the friends replied: "There is no dirt left in the slightest! "the prophet said again:" that is the parable of the 5 daily prayers. with the 5 prayers at that time Allah will erase the sins. "(muttafaqun alaih).
in another hadith it is told that the Prophet was out in the winter with abu zarr al-ghifari. In the middle of the trip he took 2 branches (branches of tree trunks). Then the two branches were shaken so that the leaves on the branches of the tree fell after that he said to abu zard: "O abu zarr actually an Islamic person who prays earnestly, and is done solely because he expects the pleasure of Allah, then the sins he has ever committed fall off as leaves fall from this branch "