Forty Ahadith on Salat
- Obligatory and Recommended Prayers ========================================
عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (ع) قَالَ: إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيُرْفَعُ لَهُ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ نِصْفُهَا أَوْ ثُـلُـثُهَا أَوْ رُبُعُهَا أَوْ خُمُسُهَا فَمَا يُرْفَعُ لَهُ إِلاَّ مَا أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ بِقَلْبِهِ وَ إِنَّمَا أَمَرْنَا بِالنَّافِلَةِ لِيَتِمَّ لَهُمْ بِهَا مَا نَقَصُوا مِنَ الْفَرِيضَةِ.
Imam Al-Baqir (peace be upon him) has said: “The prayer that is offered
by a person, sometimes half of it ascends upwards, while at other times
it is only one-third, or one-fourth or one-fifth that ascends. Only
that portion of the prayer which the person has offered with
concentration and mindfulness of the heart is made to ascend. (And so)
the people have been ordered to offer the recommended prayers so that
they can make up for what has been left incomplete of their obligatory
prayers.”** **
Al-Haqa’iq, Page 219