1133 - مَن لَيسَ لَهُ صَلاةٌ

1133. HE WHOSE PRAYER IS NOT COUNTED

3630.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لا صلاةَ لِمَن لا يُتِمُّ رُكوعَها وسُجودَها .¹

3630.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The prayer of one who does not complete the bowing and prostration is not counted.’²

3631.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن عَرَفَ مَن على‏ يَمينِهِ وشِمالِهِ مُتَعمِّداً في الصَّلاةِ فلا صلاةَ لَهُ .³

3631.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The one who is deliberately aware of who is on his left and who is on his right is not counted as having prayed.’⁴

3632.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لا صلاةَ لِمَن لا زَكاةَ لَهُ .⁵

3632.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The one who does not pay the alms-tax is not considered as having prayed.’⁶

3633.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لا صلاةَ لِحاقِنٍ ولا لِحاقِبٍ ولا لحازِقٍ، فالحاقِنُ الذي بهِ البَولُ، والحاقِبُ الذي بهِ الغائطُ، والحازقُ الذي قَد ضَغَطَهُ الخُفُّ .⁷

3633.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The prayer of a haqin, a haqib and a haziq does not count – a haqin is one who suppresses the urge to urinate, a haqib is one who suppresses the urge to defecate [before commencing the prayer], and a haziq is one whose feet are pinched by wearing narrow shoes.’⁸

1132 - دَورُ حُضورِ القَلبِ في قَبولِ الصَّلاةِ

1132. THE ROLE OF PRESENCE OF THE HEART IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRAYER

3625.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لا يَقبَلُ اللَّهُ صلاةَ عَبدٍ لا يَحضُرُ قَلبُهُ مَع بَدَنِهِ .¹

3625.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah does not accept the prayer of the servant whose heart is not present alongside his body.’²

3626.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ العَبدَ لَيُصَلِّي الصَّلاةَ لا يُكتَبُ لَهُ سُدسُها ولاعُشرُها، وإنّما يُكتَبُ لِلعَبدِ مِن صَلاتِهِ ما عَقَلَ مِنها .³

3626.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the servant performs a prayer where neither a sixth nor a tenth of it may be accepted. Verily only that part of his prayer is accepted from him wherein he was fully conscious.’⁴

3627.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : رَكعَتانِ خَفيفَتانِ في ( ال )-تَفَكُّرِ خَيرٌ مِن قِيامِ لَيلةٍ .⁵

3627.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Two simple units of prayer performed with contemplation are better than standing the whole night in prayer.’⁶

3628.الإمامُ الباقرُ والإمامُ الصّادقُ عليهما السلام : ما لَكَ مِن صلاتِكَ الّا ما أقبَلتَ علَيهِ فيها، فإن أوهَمَها كُلَّها أو غَفَلَ عن أدائها لُفَّت فَضُرِبَ بها وَجهُ صاحِبِها .⁷

3628. Imam al-Baqir and Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Only that part of your prayer in which you engaged with your full attention is accepted. So if one is inattentive in all of it or careless in his performance of it, that same prayer is crumpled up and thrown back at his face.’⁸

3629.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن صَلّى‏ رَكعتَين يَعلَمُ ما يقولُ فيهِما، انصَرَفَ ولَيسَ بينَهُ وبينَ اللَّهِ ذَنبٌ .⁹

3629.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whoever performs a two unit prayer fully knowing what he is saying in it, gets up from it with not a single sin left [unforgiven] between him and Allah.’¹⁰