In the beginning Satan starts at the bottom and in a low key. He steals into your heart and persuades you to be extremely careful and dedicated regarding the recommended duties (mustahabbat), prayers, and acts of piety. While you do this, he will turn your attention towards the sins of a certain sinner and will…
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We, the helpless creatures, who do not know the reality…
We, the helpless creatures, who do not know the reality, acquire our knowledge from the faqih and think that we have done favor to him. We offer congregational prayers behind an ‘alim, and we assume that we have conferred a favor on him, whereas, in fact, we are indebted to him. We do not realize…
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Daily recitation of the Qur’an…
Daily recitation of the Qur’an and the reciting of appropriate supplications in times and places as well as supplications after prayers, frequent visits to mosques and sacred places, visiting scholars and righteous men and keeping them company are among the matters which please Allah and His Messenger. One who performs these deeds can expect an…
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The simple but very important function…
The simple but very important function of prayer is to eliminate this barrier, I mean a person’s arrogance. Hazrat Zahra (A) said, ‘God has made the ritual prayers obligatory so that a person may be purified from arrogance.’ The obligatory rules of prayer have been designed in such a way that when we reiterate them…
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I hope that you believe in the prayers…
I hope that you believe in the prayers of infallible Imams, and have read the prayers and sermons uttered by Imam ‘Ali (A), and the invocation by Imam Sayyid al-Sajidin (A) uttered in the prayer of Abu Hamzah al-Thumali. My friend, reflect a little upon their subject matter and think for a while on their…
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