It has also been reported from Imam Sadiq (a.

It has also been reported from Imam Sadiq (a.s.): Do not consider worship or prayer distasteful and forcible. It is often observed that clean hearted youths of our society with profound love for Allah give up all the tasteful things of their lives and turn toward centres of worship or toward social service but with scant attention to the revolutionary spirit.

But due to absence of correct programme and as a result of not having followed the orders of the sinless Imams (a.s.) develop such a delusion in themselves that they show a sort of non-commitment to the Islamic issues. Let us try to have endurance and continuity in our worship. It should not be that we worship once so much as to become tired. It is recorded from Ali bin Husain (a.s.): I like a deed that continues even if it is little.

Also Imam Baqir (a.s.) has said: Nothing is more dearer to Allah than a continuous good deed. Man must take care to ensure that while worshipping he does not develop self-conceit This matter has been discussed at page_____ of this books volume one because no matter how much he prays or worships he is unable to do enough regarding even a single divine bounty. Hazrat Moosa bin Ja'far (a.s.) is reported to have said this to some of his sons: O my child!

📌Remember that you should make effort and endeavour but not to kill yourself for a shortcoming in prayer or worship because then it is no proper worship as it should be. When man intends to do a good deed he must make haste in doing it. In this connection Quran says: And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord. It also says: And everyone has a direction to which he should turn, therefore hasten to do good works.

And it is recorded from Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that his father said, When you intend to do a good deed make haste to perform it as you do not knew what would happen thereafter, that is incidents may hinder it. Also the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) has said: Truly Allah likes a good deed which is done hastily. We must know that the condition for the acceptance of all good deeds is faith and Wilayat.

Hence the Holy Quran says: Therefore whoever shall do of good deeds and he is a believer, there shall be no denying of his exertion, and surely We will write It down for him. And so also: And whoever desires the hereafter and strives for it as he ought to strive and he is a believer; as for these, their striving shall surely be accepted. There are many narrations stating that a man's efforts without Wilayat have no value.

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