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9ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن لم تَنهَهُ صلاتُهُ عنِ الفَحشاءِ والمُنكَرِ لَم يَزدَدْ مِنَ اللّهِ إلّا بُعداً. |
| 9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He whose prayer does not prevent him from indecencies and wrong only gets further and further away from Allah.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 20083] |
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10ـ رسولِ اللّهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) ـ في رجُلٍ يُصَلِّي مَعهُ ويَرتَكِبُ الفَواحِشَ ـ: إنّ صلاتَهُ تَنهاهُ يَوماً ما، فلَم يَلبَث أن تابَ. |
| 10– The Prophet (SAWA) 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] |
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11ـ رسولِ اللّه (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ عَمودَ الدِّينِ الصَّلاةُ، وهِي أوَّلُ ما يُنظَرُ فيهِ مِن عَمَلِ ابنِ آدَمَ، فإن صَحَّت نُظِرَ في عَمَلِهِ، وإن لَم تَصِحَّ لَم يُنظَرْ في بَقِيَّةِ عَمَلِهِ. |
| 11– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘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.’[Ibid. p. 227, no. 54] |
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12ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أتَى الصَّلاةَ عارِفاً بِحَقِّها غُفِرَ لَهُ. |
| 12– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever performs his prayer with full knowledge of the right due to it is forgiven.’[al-Khisal, p. 628, no. 10] |
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13ـ فاطمةُ الزَّهراءُ (عَلَيهَا الّسَلامُ): فَرَضَ اللّهُ الصَّلاةَ تَنزِيها مِن الكِبرِ. |
| 13– Fatima al-Zahra’ (AS) said, ‘Allah made the prayer incumbent in order to eliminate one’s pride.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 82, p. 209, no. 19] |
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14ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ أوَّلَ ما يُحاسَبُ بهِ العَبدُ الصَّلاةُ، فإن قُبِلَت قُبِلَ ما سِواها. |
| 14– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘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] |
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15ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الصَّلاةُ تَثبِيتٌ لِلإخلاصِ وتَنزِيهٌ عنِ الكِبرِ . |
| 15– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Prayer reinforces sincerity and eliminates pride.’[Amali al-Tusi, p. 296, no. 582] |
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16ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لَو كانَ على بابِ أحَدِكم نَهرٌ فاغتَسَلَ مِنهُ كُلَّ يَومٍ خَمسَ مرّاتٍ هَل كانَ يَبقى على جَسَدِهِ مِن الدَّرَنِ شَيءٌ ؟ إنّما مَثَلُ الصَّلاةِ مَثَلُ النَّهرِ الذي يُنقِي، كُلَّما صَلّى صلاةً كان كَفَّارَةً لِذُنوبِهِ إلّا ذَنبٌ أخرَجَهُ مِن الإيمانِ مُقيمٌ علَيهِ . |
| 16– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘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] |
