1833 - عِلَّةُ الوُضوءِ

1833. THE REASON FOR ABLUTION

6521.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : إنّما الوُضوءُ حَدٌّ مِن حُدودِ اللَّهِ ؛ لِيَعلَمَ اللَّهُ مَن يُطيعُهُ ومَن يَعصيهِ .¹

6521.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Ablution is one of the boundaries of Allah with which He knows who obeys him and who disobeys him.' ²

6522.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام - في عِلَّةِ الوُضوءِ - : لأنّهُ يَكونُ العَبدُ طاهِراً إذا قامَ بَينَ يَدَيِ الجَبّارِ عِندَ مُناجاتِهِ إيّاهُ ، مُطيعاً لَهُ فيما أمَرَهُ ، نَقِيّاً مِن الأدناسِ والنَّجاسَةِ ، مَع ما فيهِ مِن ذَهابِ الكَسَلِ وطَردِ النُّعاسِ ، وتَزكِيَةِ الفُؤادِ لِلقِيامِ بَينَ يَدَيِ الجَبّارِ .³

6522. Imam al-Rida (AS), regarding the reason for ablution, said, 'So that the servant is pure when he stands before the Mighty One when engaged in supplication to Him, being obedient to Him through what He has commanded him, purified of filths and impurities, and also because it does away with laziness and repels drowsiness, and purifies the heart for standing before the Mighty One.' ⁴

403 - الوُضوء

403. ABLUTION

1832 - الوُضوءُ

1832. Ablution

(يَا أَيُّها الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُؤوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ... مَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ حَرَجٍ وَلكِنْ يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ) .¹

"O you who have faith! When you stand up for prayer, wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, and wipe a part of your heads and your feet, up to the ankles. If you are junub, purify yourselves. But if you are sick, or on a journey, or any of you has come from the toilet, or you have touched women, and you cannot find water, then make tayammum with clean ground and wipe a part of your faces and your hands with it. Allah does not desire to put you to hardship, but He desires to purify you, and to complete His blessing upon you so that you may give thanks." ²

6515.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: الوُضوءُ نِصفُ‏الإيمانِ.³

6515.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Ablution is half of faith.' ⁴

6516.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن أسبَغَ الوُضوءَ في البَردِ الشَّديدِ كانَ لَهُ مِن الأجرِ كِفلانِ ، ومَن أسبَغَ الوُضوءَ في الحَرِّ الشَّديدِ كانَ لَهُ أجرُ كِفلٍ .⁵

6516.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He who performs the ablution in the freezing cold weather is given twice the reward, and he who performs the ablution in the extreme heat is given a single share of the reward.' ⁶

6517.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إذا تَوَضَّأَ الرّجُلُ المُسلِمُ خَرَجَتْ خَطاياهُ مِن سَمعِهِ وبَصَرِهِ ويَدَيهِ ورِجلَيهِ ، فإن قَعَدَ قَعَدَ مَغفوراً لَهُ .⁷

6517.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When the Muslim man performs the ablution, mistakes committed by his hearing, his sight, his hands and his feet leave him so that when he sits, he sits forgiven.' ⁸

6518.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إذا تَوَضّأَ العَبدُ تَحاطُّ عَنهُ ذُنوبُهُ كما تَحاطُّ وَرَقُ هذهِ الشَّجَرَةِ .⁹

6518.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When the servant performs the ablution, his sins shed away from him just as leaves shed from a tree.' ¹⁰

6519.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن أحسَنَ الطَّهورَ ثُمّ مَشى‏ إلَى المَسجِدِ ، فهُو في صَلاةٍ ما لَم يُحدِثْ .¹¹

6519.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who performs his ablution as best as he can and then walks to the mosque [is considered to be] in a state of prayer as long as he does not nullify it.' ¹²

6520.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : لاصَلاةَ إلّا بِطَهورٍ .¹³

6520.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'There is no prayer without ablution.' ¹⁴