الوُضوءُ

ABLUTION

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2– 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.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 26059]

3– 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.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 26031]

4– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘When the servant performs the ablution, his sins shed away from him just as leaves shed from a tree.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 26030]

5– 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.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 80, p. 237, no. 11]

6– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘There is no prayer without ablution.’
[al-Faqih, v. 1, p. 58, no. 129]

7– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Ablution is one of the boundaries of Allah with which He knows who obeys him and who disobeys him.’
[`AeIlal al-Shara’i`a, p. 279, no. 1]

8– 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.’
[`AeIlal al-Shara’i`a, p. 257, no. 9]

9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah will resurrect my community on the Day of Resurrection among other communities, having white and illuminated faces from the effects of ablution.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 80, p. 237, no. 11]

10– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Perform ablution frequently and Allah will increase your life, and if you are able to be in a state of purity throughout the night and day, then do so, for if you die in the state of purity, you will die a martyr.’
[Amali al-Mufid, p. 60, no. 5]

11– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The man sleeping in a state of purity is as the man praying and fasting.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 25999]

12– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who performs ablution whilst already in a state of purity is given ten good merits.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 26042]

13– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who renews his ablution without
[the need to do so to purify] an impurity, Allah renews his repentance without him
[needing to] asking for forgiveness.’
[Wasael al-Shi`aah , v. 1, p. 264, no. 7]

14– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Ablution upon ablution is light upon light.’
[Wasael al-Shi`aah , v. 1, p. 265, no. 8]