كثير

Imam Ali (AS) said, Little that continues is better than a lot that is discontinuous.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Little that is practiced continually is better than [doing] a lot that makes one weary.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘A little knowledge is better than a lot of worship.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Little which is easy for you to act upon is better than a lot that is too heavy for you to bear.

Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Undervalue the abundant acts of obedience that you perform for Allah, in contempt of your lower self and in order to expose yourself to Allahs pardon.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Little worship following a correct [Prophetic] practice is better than a lot of worship following an innovation.

What a lot of clamour and what few pilgrims!

Prayer is broken by wind (i.e. flatulence) when it comes out from the prayer, or other than it of what breaks the wudu, or that he remember that he is not upon wudu, or he finds an injury, or a [severe] wound for which it is not possible for him to endure it, or a nosebleed that a lot of blood comes out from his nose, or he turns until he sees whoever is behind him. Nothing breaks the prayer of the Muslim that passes before him of a dog or a woman or a donkey or [anything] other than that.

`Ali b. al-Husayn the Master of Worshipers (as) used to supplicate with this supplication: My God! By Your glory, Your majesty, and Your greatness! If I had worshiped You forevermore, in the eternity of your lordship, with every hair and glance since I came into existence, with the worship and the thanks of all creatures, I would be lacking in the expression of my thanks for the smallest blessing that You have blessed me with. Even if I suffered with the iron of this world in my teeth and with its dust smeared on the lashes of my eyes, and I wept as much blood and pus as there is water in the oceans of the heavens and the Earth out of humility before you, that would only be a little from the much that I owe you. Even if thereafter, You, my God, were to punish me with the punishment of all creatures, and the Fire overcame my form and my body, and I filled the levels of Hell to the point where no one was punished except me, and there would be no firewood in Hell but me, that would only be a little from the much that is due for me from Your punishment.

O Abu al-Miqdam, the Shia of Ali (as) are only the pale, the thin, and the feeble. Their lips are faded because of worship and their stomachs are atrophied. Their colors are pale and they are white-faced. When night comes upon them, they betake the ground as their bed and the direction of their foreheads. Their eyes are teary, their teardrops are heavy, and their prayers are very much. They recite the Book of Allah. When people are happy, they are grieved.

The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, held my hand and said: "Whoever dutifully performed the five (daily) prayers, and then died with your love in his heart, he will have redeemed his pledge. And whoever died with hatred for you, died a death of ignorance (i.e. the era before Islam), though he will account for his deeds as ordained by Islam. And he who lives after you, with your love in his heart, Allah will end his life with security and faith, till he arrives near me at the Pool."