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O Allah! Bless Muhammad and his progeny. O Allah! I beseech Thee by Thy mercy which encompasses all things And by Thy power by which Thou overcometh all things and submit to it all things and humble before it all things And by Thy might by which Thou hast conquered all things And by Thy majesty against which nothing can stand up And by Thy grandeur which prevails upon all things And by Thy authority which is exercised over all things And by Thy own self that shall endure forever after all things have vanished And by Thy Names which manifest Thy power over all things And by Thy knowledge which pervades all things And by the light of Thy countenance which illuminates everything O Thou who art the light! O Thou who art the most holy! O Thou who existed before the foremost! O Thou who shall exist after the last! O Allah! Forgive me my such sins as would affront my continency O Allah! Forgive me my such sins

The Opening Tradition In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful Imam Sajjad, the fourth Imam, [a] said: "All Praise is only Allah's, and praise is His right: an illimitable praise that suits Him. I seek refuge in Him from my own self of evils: verily, the (human) self is certainly prone to do evil except such as my Lord has had mercy on. I see refuge in Him from the evil of Satan who always increases a sin to my sins. I seek refuge in Him from any immoral opposer, cruel king, and forceful enemy." "O' Lord! assign me as one of Your soldiers, because it is sure that Your troops are totally victorious; and assign me among Your party, for truly, it is Your party that will achieve Felicity; and accept me as one of Your lovers, for, certainly, on the lovers of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve." "O' Lord! improve my religion for me, for surely it is a divine protection on all my affairs; and improve my next world for me, beca

Knowing Allah, His Greatness and His Grace The Holy Prophet [s] said: "O' people! Verily, there is no prophet after me, nor any Ummah after you (Muslims). So, take care to worship your Lord, perform your five ritual prayers, fast in the appointed month (Ramadan), make pilgrimage to the House of your Lord (Mecca), give the alms of your wealth in order to purify your souls thereby, and obey the Holders of Authority, so that you enter the Paradise of your Lord." Khisal-I-Saduq, p. 152 Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "Having the Greatness of the Creator in your mind would make you realize the insignificance of the creatures in your view." Nahjul-Balagha, Statement 129 Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: " Blessed is he who sincerely devotes the entirety of his actions, knowledge, love, hatred, receiving, relinquishing, speech, silence, deeds, and statements absolutely to Allah." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 77, p. 289 Imam Sadiq [a] said:

Prayer and Its Effects The Holy Prophet [s] said: "The one who takes prayer light is not of me. No, by Allah such a person will not reach the Haud, Pond of abundant." Man La Yahduruhul Faqih, vol. 1, p. 206 Imam Sadiq [a] said: "If there be a stream at the house of one of you in which the one washes himself five times a day, will there remain anything from the dirt over his body? Verily, the likeness of prayers is the same as the stream. The person who establishes ritual prayers clears out his sins thereby, except for the sin that takes him out from Faith he believes in." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 82, p. 236 The Holy Prophet [s] said: An obligatory prayer, with Allah, is equivalent to one thousand Hajj pilgrimages and one thousand Umrah performances (voluntary pilgrimages to Ka'ba) which are right and accepted." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 99, p. 14 The Holy Prophet [s] said: "Do not waste your prayers, because, surely, the person who wastes them wi

Midnight Prayers The Holy Prophet [s] said: "The honour of a believer lies in his vigilance at night and his esteem lies in his autonomy from people." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 77, p. 20 Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "He who sleeps too much at night, will lose something of his deeds (i.e., night prayers) which he cannot gain during the day-time." Ghurar-ul-Hikam, p.289 Imam Sadiq [a] said that Allah (s.w.t.) in a revelation told Moses, the son of 'Imran [a]: "O' you son of 'Imran! Those who only claim that they love Me, tell a lie, for when the night falls they neglect Me." Bihar-uI-Anwar, vol. 13, p. 329 Imam Sadiq [a] said: "Never miss midnight prayers, because, in fact, the real loser is he who misses (the advantage of) the midnight prayer." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 83, p. 127 Imam Sadiq [a] said: "The Messenger of Allah [s] told Gabriel to preach to him, and he said: 'Live howsoever you like but you wil

Faith in Allah and Attaining his Pleasure Imam Sadiq [a] said: "My father said to me about his father [a] that a man from Kufah wrote to his father viz. to al-Husayn-ibn-Ali [a] asking him [a] to imform him of the good of this world and that of the next. Then, he [a] wrote (in his reply): 'In the Name Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful'. After that: 'Verily, he who seeks the pleasure of Allah even while displeasing people, He suffices him in his affairs with people. But, he who seeks the pleasure of people while Allah is displeased, he leaves him to people (and he will be far from His Grace), Wassalam'." Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 71, p. 208 Imam Ali ibn Husayn [a] said: "He who acts according to what Allah has enjoined for him, is of the best people." AI-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 81 Imam Sadiq [a] said: "The one who loves for Allah, hates for Allah, and donates (things) for Allah, thus he is one of those whose Faith is complete." Al-Kafi, vol.