Salat [Prayer]
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"One who offers a two rakat Salaat paying attention to what he is reciting, there would not remain any sin between him and Allah when he concludes it and Allah would forgive all his sins."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 75 link
"A two-rakat Salaat offered with complete attention is better than to stand the whole night (in prayers)."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 75 link
Abu Baseer said that he presented his condolences of Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) to Umme Hameeda. She started weeping and he too did. Then she said, "Were you with the Imam at the time of his death, you would have heard a strange thing indeed. During his last moments, Imam (a.s.) opened his eyes and said: Call my near relatives. When they were summoned, Imam (a.s.) said: "One who considers Salaat unimportant will not receive our intercession."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 289 link
"Whenever a servant stands up for Salaat, the Almighty Allah turns His attention towards him and continues to do so. However one who turns away his attention thrice, Allah turns away from him permanently."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 289/290 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "One who does not offer Salaat during its time, it goes to the divine throne with black face and says: May Allah waste you in the same way as you wasted me. When a person is made to stand on the Day of Judgment, the first question that will be asked to him will be related to his prayers. If Salaat is accepted, all good deeds will be accepted and if Salaat is rejected, all good deeds will be rejected."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 290 link
"Salaat is such a deed that an angel is permanently employed for it. This angel does not have any other task. Whenever a person offers Salaat, this angel takes it to heaven. If the Salaat is acceptable, it is accepted and if not, it is returned to that angel. The angel, brings it back and throws it back on the face of that person and says: your deeds always trouble me."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 290 link
He whose prayer does not prevent him from indecencies and wrong only gets further and further away from Allah
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 20083; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 715 link
The one who does not pay the alms-tax is not considered as having prayed.
Mishkat al-Anwar, p. 46; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 722 link
The prayer of a Haqin, a Haqib and a HAziq does not count a Haqin is one who suppresses the urge to urinate, a Haqib is one who suppresses the urge to defecate [before commencing the prayer], and a Haziq is one whose feet are pinched by wearing narrow shoes
Amali al-Saduq, p. 337, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 722 link
Everything has a face, and the face of your religion is the prayer.
Da`aim al-Islam, v. 1, p. 133; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 714 link
Allah, Exalted be His praise, has made prayer the light of my eyes, and has made prayer as beloved to me as food is to a hungry man, and water to a thirsty man. The hungry man, however, is satiated when he eats, and the thirsty man is quenched when he drinks, but I can never be sated by my prayer.
Makarim al- Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 366; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 714 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Prayer elicits the descent of divine mercy.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2214; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 714 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The Prophet (SAWA) never put anything before his prayer, neither his dinner nor anything else. When the time for prayer would set in, it was as if he knew neither family nor close friend.
Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 87; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 714 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Prayer is the sacrificial offering of every pious one
al-Khisal, p. 620, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 714 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
When a man stands to pray, Iblis [Satan] approaches and looks at him jealously because of the mercy of Allah that he can see covering him.
al-Khisal, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 717 link
The prayer of one who does not humble himself in his prayer does not count.
al-Firdaws, v. 5, p. 195, no. 7935; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 717 link
Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustaf? (s.a.w.w.), when he was asked about humbleness in prayer, said, 'It is to abase oneself in the prayer, and for the servant to come to his Lord wholeheartedly.
Da`aim al-Islam, v. 1, p. 158; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 717 link
When the Prophet (SAWA) used to stand for prayer, his face would become sullen from fear of Allah, the most High. (Tradition by Ja`afar b. Ali al-Qummi )
Falah al-Sa'il, no. 161; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 717 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Man should be humble in his prayer, for verily he whose heart is humble before Allah, Mighty and Exalted, his limbs will humble themselves too and will not fidget around
al-Khisal, no. 628; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 717 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
When Imam Ali (AS) used to stand for prayer, he would be like a fixed structure or a straight pillar, not moving at all, and sometimes when he would bow or prostrate, [he would be so still that] a bird would perch itself on him. Nobody was ever able to match the prayer of the Prophet (SAWA) apart from Ali b. Abi Talib and Ali b. al-Husayn [i.e. Imam Zayn al-Abidin] (AS).
Da`aim al-Islam, v. 1, p. 159; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 718 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
When the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (AS) used to start performing his ablution, the colour of his face would change due to the fear of Allah, most High.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 400, no. 72; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 718 link
Fatima al-Zahra' (AS) used to pant in her prayer due to fear of Allah, most High.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 23, p. 30, p. 46; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 718 link
If you were to pray so much that you became [as thin as strings], and fasted so much that you [bent over] as arches, Allah would not accept any of it unless it was accompanied by piety.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 84, p. 258, no. 56; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 719 link
Allah, most High, revealed to me saying, 'O brother of the prophets and the warners, warn your people not to enter any of My places of worship while having committed a wrong to another servant who holds it against him, for verily I curse him as long as he stands to pray before Me, until he makes amends for that wrong
Bihar al-Anwar, v.84, p. 257, no. 55; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 719 link
Verily the prayer of one who drinks alcohol is not counted for forty days
Ellal al-Shara'ie, p. 345, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 719 link
Know that the earliest time is always the best, so hasten to perform good whenever you can. The most beloved acts in the eyes of Allah, Mighty and Exalted, are those that the servant performs regularly, even though they be few in number
al-Kafi, v. 3, p. 274, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 724 link
The virtue of the earliest opportunity over the latest is as the virtue of the Hereafter over this world's life
Sawab al-A`amal, p. 58, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 724 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
Al-Reza (AS) went out to await the arrival of some people who were coming to visit him when the time for prayer set in. He went towards a nearby fort and took shade under a rock, saying, 'Announce the call for prayer.' I replied, 'Why don't we wait for our companions to catch up with us?' He replied, 'May Allah forgive you. Do not ever delay the prayer from the earliest moment of its onset to the latest without a good excuse. You must always pray at the earliest time', so I announced the call for prayer and we prayed. (Tradition by al-Qazzaz )
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 83, p. 21, no. 38; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 724 link
It only takes for a Muslim to deliberately abandon the performance of the daily obligatory prayer or to not perform it out of carelessness, for him to become an infidel (kafir
Sawab al-A`amal, p. 275, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 724 link
Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was once asked why the one who abandons the prayer is considered an infidel and not the fornicator, to which he replied, 'Because the fornicator and other [such sinners] commits the sin out of a desire that overcomes him, whereas the one who abandons the prayer only does so because he does not take it seriously, deeming it insignificant
Ellal al-Shara'ie, p. 339, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 725 link
Prayer is the pillar of religion and its likeness is as the likeness of the pillar of a tent. If the pillar is stably fixed, the pegs and the ropes remain stable, but if the pillar inclines and breaks, neither peg nor rope remains fixed
al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 116, no. 117; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 714 link
The most beloved of all acts to Allah, Mighty and Exalted, is the prayer, and it is the legacy of the prophets
al-Faqih, v. 1, p. 210, no. 638; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 715 link
Im?m Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-S?diq (a.s.) when asked about the best and most beloved deed to Allah, replied, 'I do not know anything after true knowledge [of Allah] to be better than this prayer. Do you not see that the righteous servant Jesus son of Mary even said, " and he has enjoined me to [establish] the prayer "[
al-Kafi, v. 3, p. 264, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 715 link
Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustaf? (s.a.w.w.) said with regards to a man who prays in spite of committing sins, 'Verily his prayer will prevent him [from them] some day or other, and then he will soon repent.'
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 82, p. 198; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 715 link
Verily the pillar of religion is the prayer. It is the first thing to be considered from amongst the deeds of man, so if his prayer is valid, the rest of his deeds will be considered, and if his prayer is void, then the rest of his deeds will not be taken into consideration.
Bihar al-Anwar, v.82, p. 227, no. 54; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 715 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Whoever performs his prayer with full knowledge of the right due to it is forgiven
al-Khisal, p. 628, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 715 link
Allah made the prayer incumbent in order to eliminate one's pride.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 82, p. 209, no. 19; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 716 link
The first thing that the servant will have to account for is his prayer if accepted, all else will be accepted
al-Kafi, v. 3, p. 268, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 716 link
Prayer reinforces sincerity and eliminates pride
Amali al-Tusi, p. 296, no. 582; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 716 link
If there was to be a river outside one's house into which he bathed five times a day, would there remain any dirt on his body? Similarly the prayer is the river which purifies [one's soul] every time one performs a prayer it acts as atonement for one's sins, except for that sin which takes him and keeps away from his faith
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 82, p. 236, no. 66; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 716 link
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