The Prayer

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Everything has a face, and the face of your religion is the prayer.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah, Exalted be His praise, has made prayer the light of my eyes, and has made prayer as beloved to me as food is to a hungry man, and water to a thirsty man. The hungry man, however, is satiated when he eats, and the thirsty man is quenched when he drinks, but I can never be sated by my prayer.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Prayer elicits the descent of divine mercy.

Imam Ali (AS) narrated, ‘The Prophet (SAWA) never put anything before his prayer, neither his dinner nor anything else. When the time for prayer would set in, it was as if he knew neither family nor close friend.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Prayer is the sacrificial offering of every pious one.

Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Prayer is the pillar of religion and its likeness is as the likeness of the pillar of a tent. If the pillar is stably fixed, the pegs and the ropes remain stable, but if the pillar inclines and breaks, neither peg nor rope remains fixed.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The most beloved of all acts to Allah, Mighty and Exalted, is the prayer, and it is the legacy of the prophets.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) when asked about the best and most beloved deed to Allah, replied, ‘I do not know anything after true knowledge [of Allah] to be better than this prayer. Do you not see that the righteous servant Jesus son of Mary even said, “…and he has enjoined me to [establish] the prayer…”