Enjoinment of Fulfilling Religious Obligations

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Perform the obligations [laid down by] Allah and you will become the most pious of people.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Obligations! Obligations! Fulfil them for Allah and it will lead you to Heaven.

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.

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.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no worship like the performance of obligatory acts.

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.

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.

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Those who act according to what Allah has made obligatory are the best of people.

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.