Fard (obligatory) for your Ummah? I said: 50 Salah made Fard (obligatory) for every day and night. Sayyiduna Musa عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام said: Go to your Rab عَزَّوَجَلَّ and request Him to decrease them, because your Ummah will not be able to offer 50 Salahs as I have already tested Bani Israel. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: I returned to my Rab عَزَّوَجَلَّ and humbly said: O my Rab (عَزَّوَجَلَّ)! Decrease the number of Salah for my Ummah. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ decreased five Salahs. I reached (Sayyiduna) Musa عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام and informed him that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ had decreased five Salah. Sayyiduna Musa عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام said that your Ummah even will not be able to offer these Salahs; go to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and request Him to decrease further.

The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: I kept on coming to (Sayyiduna) Musa عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام and going to the divine court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ until only five Salahs were left (i.e. every time Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ decreased some number of Salahs, despite this (Sayyiduna) Musa عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام kept on sending me to the divine court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ to get Salah decreased further). Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ said: O Muhammad (صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم)! These are five Salahs for a day and night and every Salah will have 10 times more reward, (therefore as per reward) these five Salahs are equal to fifty Salahs. (Further favour of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is that), the one who intends to perform good deed and is unable to do it, so for him (just for his good intention) one virtue will be recorded and if he performs that good deed, so ten virtues will be recorded for him and if someone intends to commit bad deed, and does not commit that bad deed, so no sin will be written in his record of deeds (for the crime of bad intention). However, if he perpetrates that bad deed, then one sin will be recorded.

The Prophet of Rahmah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then said: I then reached (Sayyiduna) Musa عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام and informed him about these commands. He stated the same thing this time as well i.e. go to your Rab عَزَّوَجَلَّ and request Him to decrease further. The Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: I asked (Sayyiduna) Musa عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام I have been to my Rab عَزَّوَجَلَّ (for getting number of Salah decreased) so many times that now I feel shy (to go for this).

(Sahih Muslim, Kitab-ul-Imaan, pp. 97, Hadis 259)