Forty Ahadith on Salat
- The Parable of Prayers ==========================
عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (ع) قَالَ: أَلصَّلاَةُ عَمُودُ الدِّينِ مَثَلُهَا كَمَثَلِ عَمُودِ الْفُسْطَاطِ إِذَا ثَبَتَ الْعَمُودُ ثَبَتَ الأَوْتَادُ وَ الأَطْنَابُ وَ إِذَا مَالَ الْعَمُودُ وَ انْكَسَرَ لَمْ يَثْبُتْ وَتِدٌ وَ لاَ طُنُبٌ.
Imam Al-Baqir (peace be upon him) has said: “The prayer is the pillar of
religion and its parable is that of the prop of a tent – when the prop
remains upright, the pegs and ropes remain straight and upright, but
when the prop bends or breaks neither the pegs nor ropes remain
straight.”** **
Biharul Anwar, Volume 82, Page 218