1131 - مَن تُقبَلُ صَلاتُهُ‏

1131. HE WHOSE PRAYER IS ACCEPTED

3624.الإمام الصادق عليه السلام : قالَ اللَّهُ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى‏ : إنَّما أقبَلُ الصَّلاةَ مِمَّن تَواضَعَ لِعَظَمَتي ، ويَكُفُّ نَفسَهُ عَنِ الشَّهَواتِ مِن أجلي ، ويَقطَعُ نَهارَهُ بِذِكري ، ولا يَتَعاظَمُ عَلى‏ خَلقي ، ويُطعِمُ الجائِعَ ، ويَكسُو العاريَ ، ويَرحَمُ المُصابَ ، ويُؤوِي الغَريبَ ، فَذلِكَ يُشرِقُ نورُهُ مِثلَ الشَّمسِ ، وأجعَلُ لَهُ فِي الظُّلُماتِ نورًا وفِي الجَهالَةِ عِلمًا ، وأكلأُهُ بِعِزَّتي ، وأستَحفِظُهُ بِمَلائِكَتي ، يَدعوني فَاُلَبّيهِ ، ويَسأَلُني فَاُعطيهِ ، فَمَثَلُ ذلِكَ عِندي كَمَثَلِ جَنّاتِ الفِردَوسِ ، لا تَيبَسُ ثِمارُها ، ولا تَتَغَيَّرُ عَن حالِها¹ .

3624.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Allah Almighty said: ‘I only accept the prayer of he who has humiliated himself to My Majesty, has refrained himself from carnal desires for My sake, he passes his day with My remembrance, does not act haughty over My creation, feeds the hungry, cloths the undressed, shows compassion to the afflicted and shelters the stranger. The light of such a person will shine like the sun and I shall grant him light in darkness and knowledge in ignorance.

1130 - شَرائطُ وموانعُ قَبولِ الصَّلاةِ

1130. CONDITIONS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRAYER

3616.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لَو صَلَّيتُم حتّى‏ تَكونُوا كالأوتارِ، وصُمتُم حتّى‏ تَكُونُوا كالحَنايا، لَم يَقبَلِ اللَّهُ مِنكُم إلّا بِوَرَعٍ .¹

3616.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘If you were to pray so much that you became [as thin as strings], and fasted so much that you [bent over] as arches, Allah would not accept any of it unless it was accompanied by piety.’²

3617.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أوحَى اللَّهُ إلَيَّ أن يا أخا المُرسَلِينَ، يا أخا المُنذِرِينَ ، أنذِرْ قَومَكَ لا يَدخُلوا بَيتاً مِن بُيُوتِي ولأِحَدٍ مِن عِبادِي عندَ أحَدِهِم مَظلِمَةٌ؛ فإنّي ألعَنُهُ ما دامَ قائماً يُصَلِّي بينَ يَدَيَّ حتّى‏ يَرُدَّ تلكَ المَظلِمَةَ .³

3617.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah, most High, revealed to me saying, ‘O brother of the prophets and the warners, warn your people not to enter any of My places of worship while having committed a wrong to another servant who holds it against him, for verily I curse him as long as he stands to pray before Me, until he makes amends for that wrong [returns his rights].’⁴

3618.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَنِ اغتابَ مُسلماً أو مُسلِمَةً لَم يَقبَلِ اللَّهُ تعالى‏ صلاتَهُ ولا صِيامَهُ أربَعينَ يَوماً ولَيلةً، إلّا أن يَغفِرَ لَهُ صاحِبُهُ .⁵

3618.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever backbites a Muslim man or woman, Allah, most High, neither accepts his prayer nor his fasting for forty days until its victim has forgiven him.’⁶

3619.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ مَن شَرِبَ الخَمرَ لَم تُحسَبْ صلاتُهُ أربَعينَ صَباحاً .⁷

3619.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the prayer of one who drinks alcohol is not counted for forty days.’⁸

3620.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اُنظُرْ فِيمَ تُصَلِّي، إن لَم يَكُن مِن وَجهِهِ وحِلِّهِ فلا قَبولَ .⁹

3620.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Look carefully at what [attire] you pray in. If it is not among that which is fitting or permissible for it, then it is not accepted.’¹⁰

3621.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام - وقد سُئلَ عن سَبَبِ قَبولِ الصَّلاةِ - : وَلايَتُنا والبَراءةُ مِن أعدائنا .¹¹

3621. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS), when he was asked about the condition for the acceptance of the prayer, replied, ‘Our guardianship and disassociation from our enemies.’¹²

3622.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن قَبِلَ اللَّهُ مِنهُ صلاةً واحِدَةً لم يُعَذِّبْهُ، ومَن قَبِلَ مِنهُ حَسَنةً لَم يُعَذِّبْهُ .¹³

3622.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whoever Allah accepts even one prayer from, He will not chastise, and whoever He accepts even one good deed from He will not chastise.’¹⁴

3623.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن نَظَرَ إلى‏ أبَوَيهِ نَظَرَ ماقِتٍ وهُما ظالِمانِ لَهُ، لم يَقبَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ صلاةً .¹⁵

3623.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Allah does not accept a single prayer from one who looks at his parents loathingly, even if they oppress him.’¹⁶