أَكْثِرُوا مِنَ السُّجُودِ، فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَسْجُدُونَ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْكُمْ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً
Prostrate much, for there is no prostration that you perform for Allah except that He will raise you one degree and erase one sin for you because of it.
Thawban
Sahih Muslim
Muslim 488
Prayer is light, charity is proof, and patience is illumination.
Abu Malik al-Ashari - Sahih Muslim
The first matter that the servant will be held accountable for on the Day of Judgment is the prayer. If it is sound, then the rest of his deeds will be sound. And if it is corrupt, then the rest of his deeds will be corrupt.
Abu Hurairah - Sunan al-Tirmidhi
Pray as you have seen me praying.
Malik ibn al-Huwayrith - Sahih Bukhari
