[^5] Likewise...
[^5] Likewise, it is reported that someone visited the Holy Prophet (S) and asked him to pray to Almighty Allah to allow him into Paradise. The Holy Prophet (S) answered: أَعِنِّي بِكَثْرَةِ السُّجُودِ. I will, if you help me by prostrating yourself before Him frequently. [^6] Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) is validly reported to have said: الصَّلاَةُ قُرْبَانُ كُلِّ تَقِيٍّ. Prayer is the offering of every pious person.
[^7] One of such voluntary prayers is the prayer that is offered upon entering a mosque as a form of greeting the place. Of course, greeting a mosque includes offering a voluntary, obligatory, or any other prayer therein. Such voluntary, recommended, or even supererogatory prayers usually consist of two units ended with the statements of tashahhud [^8] and taslim unless the formula of the prayer has been otherwise defined in a valid religious text. It is…
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