"In the morning I went to 'Ubadah bin As-Samit, and I met him while he was on his way to the Masjid. I told him what Abu Muhammad said, and 'Ubadah said: 'Abu Muhammad is wrong. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'Five prayers are those that Allah has decreed for (His) slaves, whoever does them, and does not neglect any of them out of disregard toward them, will have a promise from Allah that He will admit him to Paradise. And whoever does not to them will have no such promise from Allah; if He wills he will punish him and if He wills He will admit him to Paradise.
The Book of Salah - Sunan an-Nasa'i 461
This narration from 'Ubadah bin As-Samit establishes the fundamental obligation of the five daily prayers in Islam. The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) explicitly states these prayers are divinely decreed by Allah for His servants.
Conditions for Divine Promise
The hadith specifies two essential conditions to receive Allah's promise of Paradise: performing all five prayers consistently and not neglecting any of them due to disregard or underestimation of their importance.
The phrase "out of disregard toward them" indicates that missing prayers due to legitimate excuses (illness, forgetfulness) differs from intentional neglect born of spiritual arrogance.
Consequences of Neglect
Whoever fails to perform these obligatory prayers forfeits Allah's specific promise of Paradise. Their ultimate fate rests entirely with Allah's divine will - either punishment for their negligence or mercy through Paradise.
This demonstrates the gravity of abandoning salah while maintaining Allah's absolute sovereignty in judgment. The one who neglects prayer places themselves outside the guaranteed covenant but remains subject to Allah's boundless mercy.
Legal and Spiritual Implications
Classical scholars derive from this that intentional abandonment of prayer constitutes major sin (kabirah). Many jurists consider persistent abandonment without valid excuse as potentially moving one outside the fold of Islam.
The narration emphasizes prayer as the pillar of religion - the first matter accounted for on Judgment Day and the primary distinction between belief and disbelief.