hadith
3157
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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.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لَو كانَ على بابِ أحَدِكم نَهرٌ فاغتَسَلَ مِنهُ كُلَّ يَومٍ خَمسَ مرّاتٍ هَل كانَ يَبقى على جَسَدِهِ مِن الدَّرَنِ شَيءٌ ؟ إنّما مَثَلُ الصَّلاةِ مَثَلُ النَّهرِ الذي يُنقِي، كُلَّما صَلّى صلاةً كان كَفَّارَةً لِذُنوبِهِ إلّا ذَنبٌ أخرَجَهُ مِن الإيمانِ مُقيمٌ علَيهِ .
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