The Effects of the Prayer

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He whose prayer does not prevent him from indecencies and wrong only gets further and further away from Allah.

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.

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.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever performs his prayer with full knowledge of the right due to it is forgiven.

Fatima al-Zahra (AS) said, ‘Allah made the prayer incumbent in order to eliminate ones pride.

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.

Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Prayer reinforces sincerity and eliminates pride.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘If there was to be a river outside ones 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 [ones soul] every time one performs a prayer it acts as atonement for ones sins, except for that sin which takes him and keeps away from his faith.