Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

10ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ الصَّلاَةُ وُكِّلَ بِهَا ٠َلَكٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ عَ٠َلٌ غَيْرُهَا فَإِذَا فُرِغَ ٠ِنْهَا قَبَضَهَا ثُ٠َّ صَعِدَ بِهَا فَإِنْ كَانَتْ ٠َّا تُقْبَلُ قُبِلَتْ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ ٠َّا لاَ تُقْبَلُ قِيلَ لَهُ رُدَّهَا عَلَى عَبْدِي فَيَنْزِلُ بِهَا حَتَّى يَضْرِبَ بِهَا وَجْهَهُ ثُ٠َّ يَقُولُ أُفٍّ لَكَ ٠َا يَزَالُ لَكَ عَ٠10.

Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Harun ibn Kharijah who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that for Salah (prayer) an angel is assigned and he has no other task to perform. When one completes a Salah (prayer), the angel takes it and ascends to heaven.

If it is of the kind that is accepted, it then is accepted, but if it is of unacceptable kind, it then is said to him, ‘Return it to My servant.’ He then descends down with that Salah (prayer) and strikes it against his face saying, “Woe is upon you. You continue to have such deeds that make me tired.’”” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/482))