The Prophet of Allah (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said,
“The first matter that the slave will be brought to account 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 bad, then the rest of his deeds will be bad”

Adi Bin Hatim (Radiyallaahu `anhu) reported: Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said,
“Protect yourself from the Hell-fire even by giving a piece of a date as charity.”

Narrated by Jabir (radiallaahu anhu), Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said,
“In every day and every night, during the month of Ramadan, there are people to whom Allah grants freedom from the Fire, and there is for every Muslim a supplication which he can make and will be granted.”

The Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said,
“The believer’s shade on the Day of Resurrection will be his charity.”.

The Prophet of Allah (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said,
“When it is the first night of Ramadan the evil devils are chained. The gates of Fire are locked- not a single gate is opnened, and the gates of Paradise are opened- not a single gate is locked, and a caller calls out:
‘O seeker of good come forward, and O seeker of evil withhold, and there are many whom Allah frees from the Fire – and that is every night.’”

Abu Said al-Khudri (radiallaahu anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said,
“Fasting is a shield with which a servant protects himself from the Fire”.

Abu Said al-Khudri (radiallaahu anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said,
“No servant fasts on a day in the path of Allah except that Allah removes the Hell Fire seventy years further away from his face.”

Samura bin Jundab narrated, the Prophet (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said in his narration of a dream that he saw,
“He whose head was being crushed with a stone was one who learnt the Quran but never acted on it, and slept ignoring the compulsory prayers.”

Abu Hurairah (Radiyallaahu `anhu) reported Allah’s Messenger (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:
“The servant speaks words that he does not understand its repercussions but he sinks down in Hell-Fire farther than the distance between the east and the west.”

Anas ibn Malik (Radiyallaahu `anhu) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said,
“The Paradise is surrounded by hardships and the Hell-Fire is surrounded by temptations.’”