1374 - المُداوَمَةُ عَلَى العَمَلِ‏

1374. MAINTENANCE OF CONTINUOUS ACTION

4616.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : المُداوَمَةَ المُداوَمَةَ ! فإنَّ اللَّهَ لَم يَجعَلْ لِعَمَلِ المُؤمِنينَ غايَةً إلّا المَوتَ .¹

4616.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Act continuously, act continuously! For verily Allah has not decreed any end to the believer’s actions except death.’²

4617.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : قَليلٌ تَدومُ عَلَيهِ ، أرجى‏ مِن كَثيرٍ مَملولٍ مِنهُ .³

4617.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The little that you perform continuously is weightier than the great amount that you perform with boredom.’⁴

4618.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : ما مِن شَي‏ءٍ أحَبَّ إلَى اللَّهِ عزّوجلّ مِن عَمَلٍ يُداوَمُ عَلَيهِ ، وإن قَلَّ .⁵

4618.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘There is nothing more beloved to Allah than the performance of an action that is maintained regularly, even if it be little.’⁶

4619.الإمامُ الصّادق عليه السلام: إذا كانَ الرَّجُلُ عَلى‏ عَمَلٍ فَلْيَدُمْ عَلَيهِ سَنَةً ، ثُمَّ يَتَحَوَّلُ عَنهُ إن شاءَ إلى‏ غَيرِهِ ؛ وذلكَ أنَّ لَيلَةَ القَدرِ يَكونُ فيها في عامِهِ ذلكَ ما شاءَ اللَّهُ أن يَكونَ .⁷

4619.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘If a man performs a certain action, he should maintain it regularly for the duration of a year, then he may move on to another act if he wishes, and that is so that the grand Night of Ordainment (laylat al-qadr) is included in his year of performing that particular act, when whatever Allah wills therein happens.’⁸