الحَثُّ عَلى أداءِ الفَرائِضِ Enjoinment of Fulfilling Religious Obligations

1ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): اِعمَلْ بفَرائضِ اللّه‏ِ تَكُن أتقَى الناسِ.

1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Perform the obligations [laid down by] Allah and you will become the most pious of people.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 82, no. 4]
 

2ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الفَرائضَ الفَرائضَ ! أدُّوها إلَى اللّه‏ِ تُؤَدِّكُم إلَى الجَنَّةِ.

2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Obligations! Obligations! Fulfil them for Allah and it will lead you to Heaven.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 167]
 

3ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اِجعَلُوا ما افتَرَضَ اللّه‏ُ علَيكُم مِن طَلَبِكُم، وَاسألوهُ مِن أداءِ حَقِّهِ ما سَألَكُم.

3– Imam Ali (AS) 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]
 

4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): خادِعْ نفسَكَ في العِبادَةِ، وارفُقْ بها ولا تَقهَرْها، وخُذْ عَفوَها ونَشاطَها، إلّا ما كانَ مَكتوباً علَيكَ مِن الفَريضَةِ ؛ فإنّهُ لا بُدَّ مِن قَضائها وتَعاهُدِها عِندَ مَحَلِّها.

4– Imam Ali (AS) 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]
 

5ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا عِبادَةَ كَأداءِ الفَرائضِ .

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no worship like the performance of obligatory acts.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 113]
 

6ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّك إنِ اشتَغَلتَ بفَضائلِ النَّوافِلِ عَن أداءِ الفَرائضِ، فلَن يقومَ فَضلٌ تَكسِبُهُ بِفَرضٍ تُضَيِّعُهُ.

6– Imam Ali (AS) 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]
 

7ـ الإمامُ الحسنُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ اللّه‏َ عَزَّوجلَّ بِمَنِّهِ ورَحمَتِهِ لَمّا فَرَضَ عَليكُمُ الفَرائضَ لم يَفرِضْ علَيكُم لِحاجَةٍ مِنهُ إلَيهِ، بَل رَحمَةً مِنهُ إلَيكُم (علَيكُم) لا إلهَ إلّا هُو، لِيَميزَ الخَبيثَ مِن الطَّيِّبِ، ولِيَبتَلِيَ ما في صُدورِكُم، ولِيُمَحِّصَ ما في قُلوبِكُم .

7– Imam Husayn (AS) said, ‘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]
 

8ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن عَمِلَ بما افتَرَضَ اللّه‏ُ علَيهِ فهُو مِن خَيرِ الناسِ.

8– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Those who act according to what Allah has made obligatory are the best of people.[ al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 81, no. 1]
 

9ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): قالَ اللّه‏ُ تبارَكَ وتعالى: ما تَحَبَّبَ إلَيَّ عبدِي بِأحَبَّ ممّا افتَرَضتُ علَيهِ.

9– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘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]