Imām Muhammad Ibn `Alī al-Bāqir (as) said...
Imām Muhammad Ibn `Alī al-Bāqir (as) said: مٌا تَنٌالُ وِلاٌيَتُنٌا إِلاَّ بِالْعَمَلِ وَالْوَرَعِ. “Our patronage is not attained except through deeds and piety. ”[^3] Now, some traditions in support of this point: Ťāwūs al-Yamānī says: “I saw `Alī ibnil Ĥusain (as) perform the circumambulation the House of God and busying himself in worship from the time of `Ishā prayers until the last part of the night. When he found himself alone, he looked toward the sky and said, “O God!
The stars have disappeared in the horizon and the eyes of the people have slept, and Your gates are open to those who seek…” Ťāwūs narrated many sentences in this regard from the humble and worshipful supplications of the Imām (as) and has said {in regards to the Imām(as)}: “ Numerous times in the course of his supplication, he wept.” He (Ťāwūs) then said: “Then he (the Imām) fell…
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