Hadith on Salah: Punishment for ignoring Quran, skipping prayers

Samurah ibn Jundub reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saw in a dream, “As for the one whose head was crushed by a stone, he had taken the Quran but refused to act upon it, and he slept through the prescribed prayers.

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1143

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari

عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الرُّؤْيَا قَالَ أَمَّا الَّذِي يُثْلَغُ رَأْسُهُ بِالْحَجَرِ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْخُذُ الْقُرْآنَ فَيَرْفُضُهُ وَيَنَامُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ

1143 صحيح البخاري أبواب التهجد باب عقد الشيطان على قافية الرأس إذا لم يصل بالليل

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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