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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Adab as-Salat: The Disciplines of the Prayer Second Revised Edition From The Publisher In His Most Exalted Name The Disciplines of Salat (The Islamic Prayer), which was finished on Monday, the 2nd of Rabī' ath-Thānī, 1361 L.H. (Lunar Hijrī Year) [30th of Farvardīn, 1321 S.H. (Solar Hijrī year)], is a detailed explanation of the Salat 's strict disciplines and moral secrets.

Three years before the writing of this work, the Imām ( s ) [ salāmullāhi 'alayh = may Allah's peace be upon him] had written a book under the title: The Secret of the Salat , which contained the same concepts, but it was concise and in the terms of the elect gnostics.[^1] Nevertheless, the late Imām, believing that more people should benefit from the subjects of the book, set upon writing this book in a simpler language.

He says: Before this, I prepared a paper in which I wrote on the secrets of the Salat as much as was feasible. But as it was not suitable for the common people, I decided to write parts of the cordial disciplines of this spiritual ascension, so that my brothers in faith may have a remembrance, and my hard heart may be affected by it. Formerly, the folds [ matāwī ] of the book Ādāb as-Salat , with explanations and revisions, had been published under the title: Flying in the Heavenly Kingdom .

Then the book itself was published. The former editions, however, were not agreeable, for some reasons. One of the reasons might probably have been the lack of a manuscript. Therefore, The Institute for Compilation and Publication of Imām Khomeinī's Works set forth to publish this work, with complete precision, faithfulness, and reference to the available copies, and collating them with the original MS (manuscript) copy which is within the reach of this Institute.

The book includes two prefaces, which the Imām wrote in 1363 S.H., dedicating this work to his respected son, Hujjatul-Islām wal-Muslimīn, Hāj Sayyid Ahmad Khomeinī, and to Mrs. Fātimah Tabātabā'ī (wife of Hāj Sayyid Ahmad Khomeinī). This edition is accompanied by footnotes and explanations, in which the sources and the references of the Hadiths and statements are stated, and the Arabic texts are translated.