The Hadith:
Abdullah bin Amr narrated from the Prophet (Salallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam), that he mentioned prayer one day among his companions, saying: “Whoever preserves it (prayer) will have Noor (light), Burhan (proof), and Najaah (salvation) on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever does not preserve it will have no light, no evidence, and no salvation. And he will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection with Pharaoh, Hāmān, Qārūn, and Ubayy ibn Khalaf.”
(Musnad Ahmad 6576, Sahih Ibn Hibban 1467, At-Tabarani 14/127. Shaikh Abdul Azeez bin Abdullah bin Baaz said in his Majmua Fatawa Ibn Baaz 29/164, ‘Its chain is Jayyid (good)’.)
Explanation:
The Prophet (Salallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam), loved prayer, magnified its importance, advised with it, and clarified its virtue and lofty status. In this Hadith, Abdullah ibn Amr (Radi Allahu Anhu), reports from the Prophet, that “he mentioned prayer one day,” meaning he intended to mention its virtue and honor. He said, “Whoever preserves it,” meaning performs it regularly and persistently, without neglecting it, “it will be a Noor (light) for him.” This means that prayer itself illuminates its performer in the darkness of the gathering before him. It is also said that due to it, the light of the believer’s face is elevated. Additionally, it is said that the Noor (light) is metaphorical, as prayer prohibits indecency and wrongdoing, guiding towards correctness, protecting from destruction, and leading to the path of salvation, just as one is guided by light.
It will also be “Burhan (evidence, proof)” for him, a clear proof, and “Najaah (salvation) until the Day of Resurrection,” meaning it will save him from punishment on the Day of Resurrection.
“Whoever does not preserve it,” by falling short in performing it, not persisting in it, neglecting it, and abandoning it, “will have no light, no evidence, and no salvation.”
On the Day of Resurrection, he will be “with Pharaoh, Hāmān,” Pharaoh’s minister, “Qārūn,” and “Ubayy ibn Khalaf,” the enemy of the Prophet (Salallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam), whom the Prophet killed with his own hand on the day of Uhud. He was a polytheist.
This implies that whoever preserves prayer will be with the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous. This Hadith contains severe reproach and great warning for those who neglect preserving prayer.
(End of the explanation from dorar.net.)
(Translated by Mohammed bin Thajammul Hussain Manna.)
Saheehus-Seerah 