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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Adab as-Salat: The Disciplines of the Prayer Second Revised Edition Chapter 3: The Cordial Disciplines Of The Sālik When Coming To Water For Purification In this chapter we translate a noble hadīth from Misbāh ash-Sharī'ah so that the pure hearts of the people of faith may get from it some lumination.

It is stated in Misbāh ash-Sharī'ah that Imām as-Sādiq (' a ) said: “When you intend purification and Wudu' [ritual ablution], proceed to the water as you proceed to Allah's mercy, because Allah has made water the key to His proximity and supplication, and a guide to the court of His service. And, as Allah's mercy purifies the sins of the servants, similarly the outer filths are purified by water and by nothing else.

Allah, the Exalted, says: “ And He it is Who sends the winds as good news heralding His mercy, and We send down purifying water from the sky” *( Sūrah al -*Furqān 25:48). He also says: “ And we made every living thing of water. Will they not then believe?” *( Sūrah al -*Anbiyā' 21:30). So, as He has given life with water to everything of the blessings of this world, likewise, He has made obedience the life of the hearts, out of His mercy and grace.

Think of the clarity, softness, purity and blessing of water and of its tender mixing with everything. Use it to purge the organs that Allah has ordered you to purify, and observe their disciplines in His obligations and advantages. So, if you use them respectfully, the springs of the advantages will burst out for you presently. Then, mix with the creatures (servants) of Allah like the mixture of water with things: It gives to everything its due without any change in its own meaning.

And learn a lesson from the Messenger of Allah ( s ) (who said): “A sincere believer is like water.” Let your clearness with Allah, the Most High, be like the clearness of water as He sent it down from the sky and called it “purifier” [ tahūr ].

Purify your heart with fear of Allah [ taqwā ] and certitude [ yaqīn ] as you cleanse your organs with water.”[^1] In this noble hadīth there are delicate points and facts, which enliven the hearts of the people of knowledge, and bestow animation on the clear souls of “the people of heart” [ ashāb-i qulūb ].