Forty Ahadith on Salat

  1. Prayers and the Wilayah of the Ahlul Bayt   ================================================

قَالَ الرَّجُلُ لِزَينِ الْعَابِدِينَ (ع): مَا سَبَبُ قَـبُولِهَا؟ قَالَ (ع): وَلاَيَتُنَا وَ الْبَرَاءَةُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِنَا.

 
Once a person asked Imam Zainul `Abidin (peace be upon him): “What is the criterion for the acceptance of prayers?”  The Imam (peace be upon him) replied: “Acknowledging our Wilayah and dissociating oneself from our enemies.”** **
Biharul Anwar, Volume 84, Page 245