Aslam

Praise be to Allah.Remember how Allaah has blessed you by bringing

you back to Islam after you have been neglecting salaah, and keep on doing the

prayers at the right times. Do more naafil (supererogatory or extra) prayers

to make up for the fard (obligatory) prayers that you have missed, as was advised

in the saheeh hadeeth narrated by Hurayth ibn Qubaysah, who said: I came

to Madeenah and prayed, O Allaah, send me a righteous companion.

I went and sat with Abu Hurayrah and said: I asked Allaah to bless me

with a righteous companion; tell me a hadeeth that you heard from the Messenger

of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon

him), so that I may benefit therefrom. He said: I heard the Messenger

of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon

him) say that the first thing for which a person will be brought to account

on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayer. If it is sound, he will be successful,

and if it is lacking in any way, he will be doomed. If his obligatory prayers

are lacking, the Lord will say: Look and see whether My slave has any

voluntary prayers which may be used to make up what is lacking in his obligatory

prayers. Then all his deeds will be examined and dealt with in the same

way. (Reported by al-Tirmidhi, no. 413; see

also Saheeh al-Jaami, 2020).

Abu Dawood reported from Anas ibn Hakeem al-Dabbi that he came to Madeenah and

met Abu Hurayrah. He said: He asked me about my lineage so I told him

about it, then he said: O young man, shall I not tell you a hadeeth?

I said, Of course, may Allaah have mercy on you, and I think he

mentioned it from the Prophet (peace and blessings

of Allaah be upon him). He said: The first thing that people will be asked

about on the Day of Resurrection will be their prayers. Our Lord will say to

His angels (although He knows best): Look at My slaves prayers:

are they complete or is something lacking? If they are complete, they

will be recorded as such, but if something is lacking, He will say: Look

and see if My slave has any voluntary prayers to his credit. If this proves

to be the case, He will say: Make up his (missing) obligatory prayers

with his voluntary prayers. Then the rest of his deeds will be dealt with

in the same manner. (Saheeh al-Jaami, 2571)