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621 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «اَلسُّجُودُ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ فَرِيضَةٌ وَ عَلَى غَيْرِ اَلْأَرْضِ سُنَّةٌ.

Hadith.621 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Prostration (Sujood) on the earth is an obligation, and on anything other than the earth is a recommended practice (sunnah)”.

622 - قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «اَلصَّلاَةُ مِيزَانٌ فَمَنْ وَفَّى اِسْتَوْفَى.

Hadith.622 - The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: "Prayer is a balance, so whoever fulfils it properly will receive their due reward."

623 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِنَّ طَاعَةَ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خِدْمَتُهُ فِي اَلْأَرْضِ وَ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ خِدْمَتِهِ يَعْدِلُ اَلصَّلاَةَ فَمِنْ ثَمَّ نَادَتِ اَلْمَلاَئِكَةُ زَكَرِيَّا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «۝ وَ هُوَ قٰائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فِي اَلْمِحْرٰابِ ۝»

Hadith.623 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Obedience to Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, is to serve Him on earth, and there is nothing among His acts of service that equals prayer. This is why the angels called out to Zakariya (as) 'while he was standing in prayer in the sanctuary' (Surah Ale ‘Imran 3:39)”.

624 - وَقَالَ اَلنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «مَا مِنْ صَلاَةٍ يَحْضُرُ وَقْتُهَا إِلاَّ نَادَى مَلَكٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اَلنَّاسِ أَيُّهَا اَلنَّاسُ قُومُوا إِلَى نِيرَانِكُمُ اَلَّتِي أَوْقَدْتُمُوهَا عَلَى ظُهُورِكُمْ فَأَطْفِئُوهَا بِصَلاَتِكُمْ.

Hadith.624 - The Prophet, said: "There is no prayer whose time arrives except that an angel calls out in front of the people, 'O’ people, stand up to extinguish the fires you have ignited upon your backs with your prayers.'".

625 - وَ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ اَلْمَسْجِدَ وَ فِيهِ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ «تَدْرُونَ مَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ» قَالُوا اَللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ يَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ اَلصَّلَوَاتِ اَلْخَمْسَ اَلْمَفْرُوضَاتِ مَنْ صَلاَّهُنَّ لِوَقْتِهِنَّ وَ حَافَظَ عَلَيْهِنَّ لَقِيَنِي يَوْمَ اَلْقِيَامَةِ وَ لَهُ عِنْدِي عَهْدٌ أُدْخِلُهُ بِهِ اَلْجَنَّةَ ، وَ مَنْ لَمْ يُصَلِّهِنَّ لِوَقْتِهِنَّ وَ لَمْ يُحَافِظْ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَذَاكَ إِلَيَّ إِنْ شِئْتُ عَذَّبْتُهُ وَ إِنْ شِئْتُ غَفَرْتُ لَهُ.

Hadith.625 - "The Messenger of Allah (sw) entered the mosque where some of his companions were present and said: "Do you know what your Lord (azj) has said?" They replied: "Allah (swt) and His Messenger know best." He (sw) said: "Your Lord (azj) says: 'These five obligatory prayers—whoever performs them at their appointed times and maintains them, will meet Me on the Day of Judgment with a promise from Me to admit him into Paradise. And whoever does not perform them at their appointed times and does not maintain them, then that is up to Me—if I wish, I will punish him, and if I wish, I will forgive him.'"

626 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «أَوَّلُ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ اَلْعَبْدُ عَلَى اَلصَّلاَةِ فَإِذَا قُبِلَتْ قُبِلَ مِنْهُ سَائِرُ عَمَلِهِ وَ إِذَا رُدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ رُدَّ عَلَيْهِ سَائِرُ عَمَلِهِ.

Hadith.626 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "The first thing a servant will be held accountable for is prayer. If it is accepted, the rest of his deeds will be accepted; and if it is rejected, the rest of his deeds will be rejected."

627 - وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِنَّ اَلْعَبْدَ إِذَا صَلَّى اَلصَّلاَةَ فِي وَقْتِهَا وَ حَافَظَ عَلَيْهَا اِرْتَفَعَتْ بَيْضَاءَ نَقِيَّةً، تَقُولُ حَفِظْتَنِي حَفِظَكَ اَللَّهُ وَ إِذَا لَمْ يُصَلِّهَا لِوَقْتِهَا وَ لَمْ يُحَافِظْ عَلَيْهَا اِرْتَفَعَتْ سَوْدَاءَ مُظْلِمَةً تَقُولُ ضَيَّعْتَنِي ضَيَّعَكَ اَللَّهُ.

Hadith.627 - Imam (as) said: "When a servant performs prayer at its prescribed time and maintains it, it ascends as a pure, white light, saying, 'You preserved me, may Allah (swt) preserve you.' But if he does not perform it at its prescribed time and does not maintain it, it ascends as a dark, black shadow, saying, 'You neglected me, may Allah (swt) neglect you.'"

628 - وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونَ اَلْعَبْدُ إِلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ هُوَ سَاجِدٌ

Hadith.628 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "The closest a servant is to Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, is when he is in prostration (Sujood)”.

629 - وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا يَقُومُ إِلَى اَلصَّلاَةِ إِلاَّ اِكْتَنَفَتْهُ بِعَدَدِ مَنْ خَالَفَهُ مَلاَئِكَةٌ يُصَلُّونَ خَلْفَهُ وَ يَدْعُونَ اَللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ»

Hadith.629 - Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "There is no servant from among our followers (Shiite) who stands for prayer except that an equal number of angels, matching those who oppose him, surround him and pray behind him, invoking Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, for him until he completes his prayer."

630 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ اَلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «صَلاَةٌ فَرِيضَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ حَجَّةً وَ حَجَّةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ بَيْتٍ مَمْلُوءٍ ذَهَباً يُتَصَدَّقُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يَفْنَى.

Hadith.630 - It has been narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as): "An obligatory prayer (fardh) is better than twenty pilgrimages (Hajj), and one Hajj is better than a house filled with gold given in charity until it is depleted."