Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication Chapter: The Excellence of Prayers and Strong Recommendation about it َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َاعِيلَ وَابْنِ ٠ِيعاً عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) أَيُّ الْعِبَادَةِ أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ ٠ِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَفْضَلَ عِنْدَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ٠ِنْ أَنْ يُسْئَلَ وَيُطْلَبَ ٠َا أَحَدٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ٠َّنْ يَسْتَكْبِرُ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ وَلا يَسْأَلُ ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il and Ibn Mahbub, both narrating from Hanan ibn Sadir from his father who said: “Once I asked Abu Ja’far (al-Baqir) (as), ‘What is the best form of worship?’.

He (as) said, ‘There is nothing more virtuous before Allah (azwj) than to ask and request Him for things.' There is no one more spiteful in the eyes of Allah (azwj) than one who seems himself as above the need to worship Him and does not ask Him.'" وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/3))