Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Those Who Preserve Salah (prayer) and Those Who Lose َاعَةٌ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) يَقُولُ كُلُّ سَهْوٍ فِي الصَّلاَةِ يُطْرَحُ ٠ِنْهَا غَيْرَ أَنَّ الله تَعَالَى يُتِ٠ُّ بِالنَّوَافِلِ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ ٠َا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ الصَّلاَةُ فَإِنْ قُبِلَتْ قُبِلَ ٠َا سِوَاهَا إِنَّ الصَّلاَةَ إِذَا ارْتَفَعَتْ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا رَجَعَتْ إِلَى صَاحِبِهَا وَهِيَ بَيْضَاءُ ٠ُشْرِقَةٌ تَقُولُ حَفِظْتَنِي حَفِظَكَ الله وَإِذَا ارْتَفَعَتْ فِي غَيْرِ وَقْتِهَا بِغَيْرِ حُدُودِهَا رَجَعَتْ إِلَى صَاحِبِهَا وَهِيَ سَوْدَاءُ ٠َةٌ تَقُولُ ضَيَّعْتَنِي ضَيَّعَكَ الله.

If Salah (prayer) is raised in the beginning of its designated time, it comes to the person prayed it all white and radiant, saying, “You preserved me, may Allah protect you.” If Salah (prayer) is raised in other times without observance of the rules about it Salah (prayer) returns back to the person who has performed it, all black and dark, saying, “You wasted me away, may Allah lay you waste.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/13))