Urgention of Salaat

Prophet (s) said that Allah (swt) said, ‘Anyone who does not lose Salaat al-Jama`ah, I give him My promise that he will enter Paradise without account.’

... قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ :  مَنْ  صَلَّى الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا ، وَحَافَظَ عَلَيْهَا ، وَلَمْ يُضَيِّعْهَا اسْتِخْفَافًا بِحَقِّهَا ، فَلَهُ عَلَيَّ عَهْدٌ أَنْ أُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يُصَلِّ لِوَقْتِهَا ، وَلَمْ يُحَافِظْ عَلَيْهَا ، وَضَيَّعَهَا اسْتِخْفَافًا بِحَقِّهَا ، فَلَا عَهْدَ لَهُ ، إِنْ شِئْتُ عَذَّبْتُهُ ، وَإِنْ شِئْتُ غَفَرْتُ لَهُ "

The Prophet (s) said, “Your Lord says: ‘Whoever prays the prayer on time, protects it and does not drop any of its rights, then I owe it to him to admit him to Paradise. And whoever does not pray on time, does not protect the prayer and drops its rights, then I do not owe him. If I wish I punish him, and if I wish I forgive him.’”
(Ahmad, at-Tabarani, ad-Darimi)

Shaykh Hisham Kabbani