[113] Imam Ali Raz -asws said...

[113] Imam Ali Raz -asws said, pray as: I beg from You -azwj peace and comfort in this world and in the hereafter, You are the One -azwj Who has guided me and made my heart soft for submission.

[114] The narrator says, I saw Imam Ali bin al-Hussain -asws praying salat in front of Kabah at night, Imam -asws would stand for a very long time as I saw shifting him weight from one foot to the other and I could hear sobs during Imam -asws ’s supplications: My Rab, My Moula, Will you punish me while my heart is filled with Your -azwj love, I vow by Your greatness, if you did that then I will be put together with those against whom I held animosity out of Your -azwj love.

[115] Prayers Using Intercession of 5 Masomeen -asws Daood rakki says that he had heard Imam Ali Raza -asws often reciting: Ya Allah -azwj attend to my needs for the sake of the Five -asws , meaning Rasool Allah -saww , Amir-ul-momaneen -asws , Fatima -asws and Hassan -asws and Hussain -asws .

[116] It is narrated from Imam Ali bin Hussain -asws that Amir-ul-momaneen -asws said: My Lord, reward me for my ‘Towakal’ (total reliance) on You -azwjs and enable me, through Your -azwj powers, that my intentions should follow Your -azwj commands. And I become so much of Your -azwj devotee that I should not try to expedite in what You -azwj have delayed for another time and I should not try to stall those endeavours for which You have asked to make hast.

Accept my prayers, the Sustenance-Provider of all Worlds. [117] A Brief and Comprehensive Prayer Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws said recite: Ya Allah -azwj increase my Sustenance, extend my life, forgive my sins, and choose me to help Your Deen and do not give my position to anyone other than me.

[118] Hazrat Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws said pray: I pray to You -azwj who becomes obliged with the small good-deeds of His creation, and generously forgives many sins and is the Most kind and forgiving, please forgive my sins which have left no trace of pleasure behind but their consequences are hounding me. [119] Momin Should learn Quran in his Life-time Imam Abu Jafar -asws said it is essential for a Momin to learn Quran or teach Quran in his lifetime.