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Essence of Worship: Salat
Importance and Virtues of Prayers
Value of
Prayers
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللٌّهِ (ع): صَلاَةٌ
فَرِيضَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ
حَجَّةً وَ حَجَّةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ
بَيْتٍ مَمْلُوءٍ ذَهَباً
يُتَصَدَّقُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى
يَفْـنَى.
Imam As-Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: “One
obligatory prayer is better than
performing Hajj twenty times,
and the performance of one Hajj
is better than giving away a
house full of gold.”
The Face of
Religion
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللٌّهِ (ص): لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ
وَجْهٌ وَ وَجْهُ دِينِكُمُ
الصَّلاَةُ فَلاَ يَشِينَنَّ
أَحَدُكُمْ وَجْهَ دِيْـنِهِ.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and
his progeny) said: “For every
thing there is a face and the
face of your religion is
prayers. So see to it that none
from amongst you damages and
disfigures the face of his
religion.”
Importance of Prayers
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ (ص): مَا مِنْ صَلاَةٍ
يَحْضُرُ وَقْـتُهَا إِلاَّ
نَادَى مَلَكٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ
النَّاسِ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ
قُومُوا إِلـى نِيـرَانِكُمُ
الَّتِي أَوْقَدْتُمُوهَا عَلى
ظُهُورِكُمْ فَاطْفِئُوهَا
بِصَلاَتِكُمْ.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and
his progeny) said: “Whenever the
time of each prayer arrives, an
Angel announces to the people:
(O’ People!) Stand up and
extinguish, with prayers, the
fire which you have set alight
for yourselves.”
Biharul Anwar, Volume 82, Page 209
The
Blessings of Prayers
قَالَ عَلِيٌّ (ع): إِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ إِذَا
كَانَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَإِنَّ
جَسَدَهُ وَ ثِـيَابَهُ وَ كُلَّ
شَيءٍ حَولَهُ يُسَبِّحُ.
Imam `Ali (peace be upon him) has said:
“Surely, when a person engages
in prayers, his body, his
clothes and everything around
him glorify Allah.”
Biharul Anwar, Volume 82, Page 213
The Rank of
Prayers
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللٌّهِ (ص): مَوْضِعُ الصَّلاَةِ
مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَوضِعِ
الرَّأْسِ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and
his progeny) said: “The position
of prayers with respect to
religion is similar to that of
the head with respect to the
body.”
Kanzul `Ummal, Volume 7, Tradition 18972
Purification of the Soul
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللٌّهِ (ص): مَثَلُ الصَّلَوَاتِ
الْخَمْسِ كَمَثَلِ نَهْرٍ جَارٍ
عَذْبٍ عَلى بَابِ أَحَدِكُمْ
يَغْتَسِلُ فِيهِ كُلُّ يَومٍ
خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ فَمَا يَبقَى
ذٌلِكَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and
his progeny) said: “The example
of the five (daily) prayers is
like that of a clear-water river
flowing in front of your houses
in which a person washes himself
five times a day – cleansing him
from all dirt.”
Kanzul `Ummal, Volume 7, Tradition 18931
The
Covenant of Allah
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللٌّهِ (ص): قَالَ اللٌّهُ
تَعَالـى: إِفتَرَضْتُ عَلى
أُمَّتِكَ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ وَ
عَهِدتُ عِنْدِي عَهْداً أَنَّهُ
مَنْ حَافَظَ عَلَيْهِنَّ
لِوَقْـتِهَا أَدْخَلْـتُهُ
الْجَـنَّةَ وَ مَنْ لَمْ
يُحَافِظْ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَلاَ
عَهْدَ لَهُ عِنْدِي.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and
his progeny) states that Allah,
The Exalted has said: “I have
made the five prayers obligatory
upon your Ummah and have made a
covenant with Myself that one
who maintains his prayers with
respect to their timings, I
shall place him in Paradise. As
for the one, who does not
maintain the timings, I have no
covenant (with him).”
Kanzul `Ummal, Volume 7, Tradition 18872
Remembrance of Allah
قَالَ الْبَاقِرُ (ع): ذِكْرُ اللٌّهِ لِأَهْلِ
الصَّلاَةِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ
ذِكْرِهِمْ إِيَّاهُ أَلاَ تَرَى
أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ }فَاذْكُرُونِي
أَذْكُرْكُمْ{
Imam Al-Baqir (peace be upon him) has said:
“Allah’s remembrance of ‘people
who pray’ is greater and
superior to their remembrance of
Him. Do you not observe that He
has said (in the Noble Qur’an):
{Remember Me and I shall
remember you.}”
Biharul Anwar, Volume 82, Page 199
The Mercy
of Allah
قَالَ عَلِيٌ (ع): إِذَا قَامَ الرَّجُلُ إِلـى
الصَّلاَةِ أَقْبَلَ إِبْلِيسُ
يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ حَسَداً لِمَا
يَرَى مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللٌّهِ
الَّتِي تَغْشَاهُ.
Imam `Ali (peace be upon him) said: “When a
person stands up for prayers,
Iblis approaches him and looks
at him with envy and jealousy,
as he sees the Mercy of Allah
encompassing the person.”
Biharul Anwar, Volume 82, Page 207
Refraining from Sins
رُوِيَ أَنَّ فَتَى مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ كَانَ
يُصَلِّي الصَّلاَةَ مَعَ رَسُولِ
اللٌّهِ (ص) وَ يَرْتَكِبُ
الْفَوَاحِشَ فَوُصِفَ ذٌلِكَ
لِرَسُولِ اللٌّهِ (ص) فَقَالَ
إِنَّ صَلاَتَهُ تَنْهَاهُ
يَوْماً مَا فَلَمْ يَلْبِثْ أَنْ
تَابَ.
It has been reported that a youth from the
Ansar, who used to offer his
prayers with the Messenger of
Allah (peace be upon him and his
progeny), used to indulge in
sinful and corrupt deeds. When
this was brought to the notice
of the Messenger of Allah (peace
be upon him and his progeny), he
said: “A day shall come when his
prayers shall refrain him from
committing sins. Before long,
the youth repented.”
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