The importance of establishing Prayer has been mentioned in the Holy Quran and Hadith, on several occasions:
Allah the Supreme states in the Holy Quran: �And keep the Prayer established, and pay the charity, and bow your heads with those who bow (in Prayer).�(Surah Baqarah)
On another occasion, it is stated: �Guard all your Prayers, and the middle Prayer; and stand with reverence before Allah.� (Surah Baqarah)
On yet another occasion, it is stated: �And keep the Prayer established at the two ends of the day and in some parts of the night.� (Surah Hud)
The "two ends of the day" mean the morning and evening. The time before noon is classified as morning and the time after it is classified as evening. The Morning Prayer is the Dawn (Fajr) Prayer, and the Prayers of the evening are the Afternoon (Zohr) and the Evening (Asr) Prayers. The Prayers for the night are the Sunset (Maghrib) and the Night (Isha) Prayers. (Tafseer Khazain ul Irfan)
The Holy Quran classifies Prayer as an act that is opposite to the habits of polytheists. It states, �Inclining towards Him - and fear Him, and keep the Prayer established, and never be of the polytheists.� (Surah Ruum)
In other words, not offering the Prayer is to be like the polytheists. This is further confirmed by the words of the Holy Prophet
"The entity that lies between a bondman and disbelief, is the abandonment of Prayer." (Saheeh Muslim) --
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