The virtues of ablution and prayer and the way to fight against the Satan

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: (أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى مَا يَمْحُو اللَّهُ بِهِ الْخَطَايَا وَيَرْفَعُ بِهِ الدَّرَجَاتِ؟ " قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ: «إِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ عَلَى الْمَكَارِهِ وَكَثْرَةُ الْخُطَى إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ وَانْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاة فذلكم الرِّبَاط»

Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “Shall I not guide you to something for which God
blots out sins and raises men's ranks?” then , he said, “Performing complete ablution although circumstances make it difficult, travelling far to mosques, and looking expectantly to the next time of prayer after prayers have been said. That is the defence of the frontier.”* The tradition of Malik b. Anas has, “That is the defence of the frontier; that is the defence of the frontier. He repeated it twice.”
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “Shall I not guide you to something for which God
blots out sins and raises men's ranks?” them , he said, “Performing complete ablution although circumstances make it difficult, travelling far to mosques, and looking expectantly to the next time of prayer after prayers have been said. That is the defence of the frontier.”* The tradition of Malik b. Anas has, “That is the defence of the frontier; that is the defence of the frontier. He repeated it twice.”

The purpose of this Hadith is that a believer should complete his ablution at a time when he is having difficulty, i.e. the weather is cold or hot or he is in some discomfort, but he should still complete his ablution correctly. Then he should go to the mosque that is far from his home to offer the prayer, or if the mosque is close, he should go with short steps so that his steps are counted more. Then the should sit down to offer one prayer, then after offering one prayer, he should wait for the next prayer. The purpose is that whatever work he does, So his attention should be on prayer. Then the Holy Prophet PBUH said, "This is jihad. Its purpose is that a soldier who stands on alert to protect his country, lest the enemy attack him. This is the example of a believer who performs ablution properly and goes to prayer, that is, he stands on alert lest Satan attack him. This is jihad. We pray to Allah Almighty to grant us the ability to act on this noble hadith."