Obligations
15 sayings
Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) narrates from his father, Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "One who performs complete ablution, offers Salaat regularly, pays Zakat of his wealth regularly, controls his anger and tongue, repents for his sins and seeks goodness of the Ahle Bayt (a.s.) of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) then all the duties of his faith are fulfilled and the doors of Paradise would be opened for him."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 54 link
Perform the obligations [laid down by] Allah and you will become the most pious of people.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 82, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 642 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Obligations! Obligations! Fulfil them for Allah and it will lead you to Heaven.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 167; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 642 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Make your quest that which Allah has made obligatory upon you, and ask Him to [enable you to] fulfil the right of what He has asked of you
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 113; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 642 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Lure your soul to worship, and be lenient towards it, and do not force it. Accept its excuse and take advantage of its vitality, except what has been prescribed for you as an obligation; for they must be performed, and carried out at their right time
Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 69; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 642 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
There is no worship like the performance of obligatory acts.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 113; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 643 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
If you were to preoccupy yourself with supererogatory acts instead of the obligatory, you will not gain a single merit by losing an obligation
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3793; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 643 link
When Allah with His Generosity and Benevolence made the obligations a duty upon you, He did not do so for a need He has for them. Rather, it is as a result of the Benevolence He has over you - there is no god but He and in order to distinguish between the bad and the good, and to test what is in your chests, and to purify what is in your hearts
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 23, p. 99, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 643 link
Those who act according to what Allah has made obligatory are the best of people
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 81, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 643 link
Allah, Blessed and most High, said, 'There is nothing more beloved to Me, through which My servant may endear himself to Me than through the duties I ask him to fulfil
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 82, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 644 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Allah, most High, has made obligatory upon the leaders of justice [truth] to equate themselves with the weak ones from among of people, so that the poor cannot be intimidated as a result of his poverty
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 209; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 644 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Allah, Glory be to Him, made the provisions of the poor incumbent upon the wealth of the rich; so no poor person goes hungry except as a result of what the rich person enjoys
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 328; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 644 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Allah made faith incumbent in order to purify [people] from polytheism, and prayer to eliminate arrogance, and the alms-tax as a mediator for [the descent of] sustenance
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 252; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 644 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Allah has ordained a duty for all of your body parts, and they will be used as proofs and witnesses over you on the Day of Resurrection
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 382; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 644 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The limits of the greatest obligations that Allah has ordained upon His creation are five: prayer, the alms-tax (zakat), the obligatory pilgrimage (Hajj), fasting, and the guardianship [of those divinely appointed by Allah] (wilaya), which is the protector for the former four.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 68, p. 388, no. 39; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 645 link
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