Hadith 311
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30-16 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Al-Hussein ibn Abil Khattab, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Fodhayl that Abil Hassan Al-Ridha (s) said, “
Praying is the best means to approach God for any pious person.”
16 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّه، عَن مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبي الخَطَّابِ، عَن مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الفُضَيْلِ، عَن أَبي الحَسَن الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ
الصَّلاةُ قُربانُ كُلِّ تَقيٍّ.
Similar narrations
- Al-Kāfi #981 “Abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.), has said, ‘Salah (prayer) is a means for every pious person to getting nearer to Allah.’”
- Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh #637 Hadith.637 - Abu Al-Hasan, Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as), said: "Prayer is the means of nearness for every pious person."