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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Soaring to the Only Beloved Part 8: Heavenly Stars Memoirs & Anecdotes of the God-Wary ...'How much time is left for midday?,' because he had no watch with him, and had no strength to look at the watch; after every 15 minutes he would ask us (the time), not because his prayer should not be prayed outside its time, but because of performing prayer at the beginning of its time ... ...

Once again, he said with disappointment: 'Why do you deal with me in such a way. Take back the food, so that I perform my prayer.' ... I only have hope of God's Grace and have no (action) at my credit to be hopeful . ... so that his eyes does not even fall once at a ghayr mahram woman. I observed this from him as an established habit...

[^1] The Holy Prophet (s) is reported to have said: ان استطعت ان تكون ابدا علئ وضوء فافعل: فان ملك الموت اذا قبض روح العبد وهو علئ وضوء كتب له شهادة If you can always be in the state of wudu' , than do so; for verily if the Angel of death were to take the soul of a servant of God while the latter is in the state of wudu, martyrdom is written for him.[^2] Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (`a) is reported to have said: الوضوء علئ الوضوء نور علي نور Wudu upon wudu is light upon light.

[^3] A) Imam Khumayni Regularly Renews his Wudu' (In one of her memoirs, Ms. Dabbagh says:) "...One of these points was the orderliness & discipline of the personal life of that great man (i.e. Imam Khumayni): discipline in reading the papers, discipline in (his) meetings, discipline in reading letters, and discipline (even) in renewing his wudu' . Definitely it was not such that you suddenly ask for him, and are told that he has gone to renew his wudu' . He rather had a specific time for that.

I remember one day in the building that was opposite the house of the Imam in Paris, I together with other brothers was busy listening to an audio cassette. Suddenly I remembered that I must leave, for it was the time of the renewal of Imam's wudu'. I thought that I must inspect the basin so that it is clean and orderly. I did not like the house for which I was responsible, to look disorderly.