When Omar heard that Ali (peace be upon him) opposed people...

When Omar heard that Ali (peace be upon him) opposed people who used to pass water over their slippers, he said to him, 'I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) pass water over the slippers.' 'Was it that before or after the revelation of Sura of Al-Ma'ida?' asked Ali (peace be upon him). 'I do not know,' answered Omar.

Then Ali (peace be upon him) said, 'I am sure that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) did not pass water over the slippers since the revelation of Sura of Al-Ma'ida.' Bathing after the ceremonial impurity, wet dreams, and menstruation, in addition to the bathing of those who wash the dead, are obligatory.

Friday bathing, the two eids bathing, bathing before arrival in Mecca and Medina, bathing of the umrah, bathing of ihram, bathing of Arafa Day, and bathings on firs, nineteenth, twenty-first, and twenty-third of Ramadan - all these bathings are recommendable. The obligatory prayers are as follows: The Dhuhr Prayer is four rak'as, the Asr Prayer is four rak'as, the Maghrib Prayer is three rak'as, the Esha' Prayer is four rak'as, and the Fajr Prayer is two rak'as.

These are seventeen obligatory rak'as. The recommendable rak'as are thirty-four. Eight rak'as are performed before the Dhuhr Prayer, eight are performed after it, four are performed after the Maghrib Prayer, two (although considered as one) are performed -while sitting- after the Esha' Prayer, and eight are performed after midnight. Watr prayer is three rak'as followed by two. The prayers should be performed as soon as their times fall.

Every single rak'a that is performed collectively is equal to two thousand rak'as that are performed individually. Do not follow a sinful imam (of a collective prayer). Follow -in the collective prayers- only those who believe in the Wilaya (the Imamites ). Do not offer the prayers while you are wearing skins of dead animals or beasts. Shortening the prayers is valid after a traveler is four farsakhs away from his home country. Four bareeds back and four forth.

When prayers are shortened, fasting should be broken. Qunut is in four prayers - the Dhuhr Prayer, the Maghrib and Esha' Prayers, the Friday prayer, and the Asr Prayer. Qunuts are performed before ruku' after qira'a. The Funeral Prayer is five takbirs. It is empty of taslim because taslim is performed only when there is ruku' and sujoud , and the Funeral Prayer has no ruku' or sujoud. The graves should be squared, not humped.