العِبادَةُ

WORSHIP

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2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Worship suffices as an occupation.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 35]

3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Your Lord addresses you, saying, ‘O son of Adam! Devote yourself exclusively to My worship and I will fill your heart with wealth and your hands with ready sustenance. O son of Adam! Do not distance yourself from Me or I will fill your heart with poverty and your hands with work
[to preoccupy you].’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43614]

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘When Allah loves a servant He inspires him to carry out the best forms of worship.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4066]

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Adoration
[of Allah] consists of five things: keeping the stomach empty, reading the Qur’an, performing the night prayer, imploring Allah at dawn, and crying much from fear of Allah.’
[Mustadrak al-Wasail, v. 11, p. 244, no. 12875]

6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘There is no use to worship without conviction.’
[Kanz al-Fawa’id, v. 1, p. 55]

7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Worship Allah as if you see Him, for although you may not see Him, indeed He sees you.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 5250]

8– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Worship without understanding is no good.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 204]

9– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘There is no point to worship unless performed with understanding.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 280]

10– Prophet Jesus (AS) asked a man, ‘What are you doing?’ The man replied, ‘I am worshipping.’ So he asked, ‘Then who is it that supports you
[financially]?’ He replied, ‘My brother’, to which Prophet Jesus (AS) said, ‘Your brother is a better worshipper than you.’
[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 65]

11– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Worship consists of ten parts, nine of which are to do with earning a lawful living.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 18, no. 81]

12– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘A son’s looking at his parents with love is a form of worship
[of Allah].’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 46]

13– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Looking at
[the face of] a scholar is worship, looking at
[the face of] a just Imam is worship, looking at one’s parents with kindness and mercy is worship, and looking at the face of a brother whom you love for the sake of Allah is worship.’
[Amali al-Tusi, p. 454, no. 1015]

14– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Entertaining the best opinion about Allah is a form of worship of Allah, most High.’
[al-Durra al-Bahira, p. 18]

15– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Pondering about the dominion of the heavens and the earth is the worship of the sincere ones.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1792]

16– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily part of worship is to talk to people in a gentle manner and to spread the greeting of peace among them.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3421]

17– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily above every act of worship is an even better act of worship, and love for us, the household of the Prophet, is the best act of worship.’
[al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 247, no. 462]

18– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Whoever gives a speaker his full attention has indeed expressed a form of worship or adulation to him. If the speaker leads one to Allah through his words, then it is as if one worships Allah
[by giving him attention], but if he leads one to Satan through his words, it is as if one worships Satan.’
[al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 434, no. 24]

19– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Worshippers are of three types: people who worship Allah, Mighty and Exalted, out of fear, and that is the worship of a slave; people who worship Allah, Blessed and most High, seeking to be rewarded thereof, and that is the worship of an employee; and people who worship Allah, Mighty and Exalted, out of love for Him, and that is the worship of free men and is the best type of worship.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 84, no. 5]

20– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who obeys someone in committing an act of disobedience
[to Allah] has indeed worshipped him.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 398, no. 8]

21– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The best form of worship is to gain an understanding
[of religion].’
[al-Khisal, p. 30, no. 104]

22– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The worship deserving of the greatest reward is that which is most discreetly performed.’
[Qurb al-Isnad, p. 135, no. 475]

23– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Worship performed while having consumed unlawful food is like a building built on sand.’
[or on water according to other narrations].
[ `Auddat al-Da`ai, p. 141]

24– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The best form of worship is self-restraint.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 468, no. 8]

25– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The best form of worship is breaking a habit or an addiction.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2873]

26– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The best form of worship is abstinence.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2872]

27– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The best form of worship is coming to know Allah and humbling oneself before Him.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 364]

28– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The best form of worship is to be in a state of perpetual reflection about Allah and His power.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 55, no. 3]

29– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘By Allah, there is no better way to worship Allah than to fulfil the right of a fellow believer.’
[al-Ikhtisas, p. 28]

30– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The best worshipper among people is he who performs the acts obligatory upon him.’
[al-Khisal, p. 16, no. 56]

31– Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘Worship is not about fasting or praying much, rather worship is to reflect much on the command of Allah.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 442]

32– Imam al-Jawad (AS) said, ‘The best form of worship is sincerity.’
[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 109]

33– Prophet Jesus (AS) said, ‘With truth I tell you that verily just as the sick man can only look at good food but cannot enjoy it due to the intense pain he suffers, similarly the man engrossed in worldly affairs cannot enjoy worship nor taste its sweetness because of the love that he harbours for worldly possessions.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 507]

34– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The bane of worship is lassitude.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 6]

35– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Do not make worship loathsome to yourselves
[by forcing it upon yourselves].’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 86, no. 2]