Is it true that whoever regularly performs the five daily prayers in the mosque will enter Paradise without reckoning or punishment, and does the saying of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, apply to him: "Five prayers Allah has ordained upon His servants; whoever performs them and does not neglect anything out of them, belittling their right, will have a covenant with Allah that He will admit him to Paradise"? And does the interpretation of the verse: "Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without reckoning" mean that they will enter Paradise without punishment or reckoning?

The hadith is not to be taken literally, meaning that everyone who suffices with the five daily prayers will enter Paradise. This is because righteous deeds are a means for the forgiveness of sins, except for polytheism (shirk), on condition of avoiding major sins. If the five daily prayers were sufficient to expiate major sins, then the condition of avoiding major sins would be meaningless. The hadiths that mention entering Paradise for those who establish prayer, and similar acts, are interpreted as conveying the sincerity of obedience of one who consistently performs these obligatory duties correctly. Whoever is like that will obey Allah in all His commands and prohibitions. Scholars emphasize that expiation is usually for minor sins, and that accepted good deeds expiate evil deeds. It is not necessary that all deeds enter the Hellfire, for Allah the Almighty forgives whatever is less than polytheism for whomever He wills. As for Allah the Almighty's saying: "Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without reckoning," it means that their reward is without limit or calculation, or that they will enter Paradise without reckoning.