My implication was that the reverend Shaykh never felt an...

My implication was that the reverend Shaykh never felt an iota of doubt in his heart. Another disciple of the Shaykh said: 'He sometimes said to me: "Such and such! Do you know what you say in ruku 'and sajdah? When you say in tashahhud: ' Ashhadu an la ilaha ilia 'llahu wahdahu la sharika la-h (I bear witness that there is no god apart from Allah, Who is unique and without partners)', are you telling the truth? Are you not entangled in your carnal vain desires?

Are you not attending other than God? Are you not dealing with (أرباب متفرقون) (many lords differing among themselves) (12:39)?! Perseverance in Performing Prayers at their Due Time Islamic traditions have greatly emphasized performing prayers at their due time.

Imam al-Sadiq (a) said: "فضل الوقت الأول على الآخر كفضل الآخرة على الدنيا" "Superiority of performing prayers at due time over performing it at the end of (prayer) time is like the superiority of the Hereafter to this world."[^5] The reverend Shaykh was very prompt in performing his five prayers at their due time and enjoined others to do the same. "A Servant of Imam Husayn (a) would not put off his Prayers to Such Late Hours" The able preacher, Hujj.

Agha Sayyid Qasim Shoja'i, related an interesting memory about the reverend Shaykh: 'I used to give sermons since my school years and as I was a well-spoken preacher I used to be invited to many sessions for rawzah [^6], including the sessions held in the house of the late Agha Shaykh Rajab Ali Khayyat on the seventh day of each lunar month. Upstairs, on the right side, there was the room where women gathered and I recited the rawzah for them once every month. The Shaykh's room was downstairs.

At that time I was only thirteen years old and had not reached puberty yet. One day after the sermon was over; I went downstairs and encountered the Shaykh for the first time. He was holding a hat in his hand had seemed to be going out. I said "salam to him" he took a glance at my face and said: "The son of the Holy Prophet (s) and the servant of Imam Husayn (a) would not delay his prayer till now!!" I said: on my eyes!

It was two hours to the sunset and I was a guest somewhere that day and hadn't said my prayer; as soon as the Shaykh looked at my face he realized this and pointed it out to me.