384 - النّافلة

384. SUPEREROGATORY PRAYERS

1764 - فَضلُ النّافِلَةِ

1764. THE VIRTUE OF SUPEREROGATORY PRAYERS

(وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نَافِلَةً لَكَ عَسَى‏ أَنْ يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَاماً مَحْمُوداً) .¹

"And keep vigil for a part of the night, as a supererogatory [devotion] for you. It may be that your Lord will raise you to a praiseworthy station." ²

6254.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: إنّ لِلقُلوبِ إقبالاً وإدباراً ، فإذا أقبَلَت فتَنَفَّلوا ، وإذا أدبَرَت فعلَيكُم بالفَريضَةِ .³

6254.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Hearts have [the capacity to] incline [to worship] and to retract, so when they incline then perform the supererogatory, and when they retract then observe the obligatory.' ⁴

6255.الفُضَيل : سألتُ أبا جعفرٍ عليه السلام عن قَولِ اللَّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ : (الّذينَ هُمْ على‏ صَلَواتِهِمْ يُحافِظونَ)⁵ قالَ : هِي الفَريضَةُ . قلتُ : (الّذينَ هُمْ على‏ صَلاتِهِمْ دائِمونَ)⁶ قالَ : هِيَ النّافِلَةُ .⁷

6255. Al-Fudayl said, 'I asked Abu Jafar [al-Baqir] (AS) about Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "and those who are watchful of their prayers." ⁸ He said, 'These are the obligatory prayers.' I asked, "those who are persevering in their prayers." ⁹ ? He said, 'They are the supererogatory prayers.' ¹⁰