1375 - أفضَلُ الأعمالِ‏

1375. THE BEST OF ACTIONS

4620.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: أفضَلُ الأعمالِ أحمَزُها .¹

4620.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The best of deeds is the most difficult of them.’²

4621.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أفضَلُ العَمَلِ أدوَمُهُ وإن قَلَّ .³

4621.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The best of deeds is that which is most regular, even if be something small.’⁴

4622.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أحَبُّ الأعمالِ إلَى اللَّهِ سُرورٌ (الذي) تُدخِلُهُ عَلَى المُؤمِنِ ، تَطرُدُ عَنهُ جَوعَتَهُ أو تَكشِفُ عَنهُ كُربَتَهُ .⁵

4622.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The best of deeds in the sight of Allah is the happiness that you bring to a fellow believer, either by driving away his hunger or by relieving him of his distress.’⁶

4623.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أفضَلُ الأعمالِ ما أكرَهتَ عَلَيهِ نَفسَكَ .⁷

4623.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The best of deeds is that which you force yourself to do.’⁸

4624.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: أفضَلُ العَمَلِ ما اُريدَ بِهِ وَجهُ اللَّهِ .⁹

4624.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The best of deeds is that whose objective is Allah’s pleasure.’¹⁰

4625.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أفضَلُ الأعمالِ لُزومُ الحَقِّ .¹¹

4625.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The best of deeds is adherence to the truth.’¹²

4626.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لَمّا سُئلَ عَن أفضَلِ الأعمالِ - : الصَّلاةُ لِوَقتِها ، وبِرُّ الوالِدَينِ ، والجِهادُ في سَبيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ .¹³

4626. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when asked about the best of deeds, replied, ‘Performing the prayer at its prescribed time, being kind to one’s parents and combat in the way of Allah (jihad), Mighty and Exalted.’¹⁴

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