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SOARING TO
THE ONLY BELOVED :ANSWERS
1).84:6
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2).huduru’l qalb
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3).
a.The necessity
of attention in prayer
b.The possibility
of attention in prayer
c. Levels of
attention in prayer
d. Hurdles on the
way to attention in prayer and their removal.
e. Suggested
methods of achieving attention in prayer.
f. The effect of
maintaining one's attention in prayer.
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4).Adhkar and
musalli
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5) 4:43
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6)Do not near
prayers): Do not near the station of presence and secret
conversation with Allah when you are (intoxicated) by the sleep
of negligence or the intoxicants of mundane desire and love of
the world, (until you know what you are saying) in your
whisperings and do not occupy your hearts with the occupations
of the world and its insinuations ....
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7)ANY TWO:
Neither stand for
prayer in the state of restlessness, or slumber; nor while you
are over satiated; for verily (all) those are of the
characteristics of hypocrisy; and indeed Allah has forbidden you
to stand in prayer while you are intoxicated; and by
intoxication He means 'the intoxication of sleep'
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‘When you stand
up in prayer, you should pay attention towards it, for verily
only that portion of it will be taken into account, in which you
paid attention.’
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You have no share
from your prayer. Save that portion in which you maintained the
attention of your heart
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Allah does not
accept the prayer of that servant of his Whose heart is not
present along with his body.
OR
O mankind, Surely
when the worshipper (musalli) prays, He whispers unto his
Blessed and Almighty Lord Therefore he must know that with which
he whispers
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8)Khayal and wahm.
‘...This [trend]
made many scholars conjecture that maintaining the bird of
imagination and rendering it obedient are among those matters
that are beyond the realm of possibility and adjacent to natural
impossibilities. However, this is not the case, for it is
possible to make it obedient by means of spiritual mortification
and training and spending time, to the extent that the bird of
imagination is in his hold and does not move except by his will
and choice...
-Imam Ruhullah
Khumayni
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9)‘And that a man
shall have to his account only as he has labored’
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10) Ayatollah
Khumayni (r.a.)
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11)Al-Khalwa’
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12)The benefit of
seclusion is that it frees oneself from preoccupations and
enables one to control his hearing and sight.
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13)Self-esteem
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14)‘Have you seen
him who has taken his vain desire to be his God?’ VAIN DESIRES.
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15)‘and keep up
prayer, surely prayer restrains from indecency and the
forbidden.’
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16)‘And Allah continually invites to the abode of peace, and
continually guides whosoever He wants to the straight path.’
10:25
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17) Imam Khumayni
(r.a.)
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18) 'The path (sirat)
is finer than the hair and sharper than the sword.'
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19) ‘The best of
deeds to Allah is prayer in the beginning of its time.’
IMAM KHUMAYNI
CLOSES THE WATER TAP BETWEEN
THE ACTS OF WUDU'
"On several
occasions I have seen Imam Khumayni performing wudu', and
noticed that he closes the water tap between the acts of wudu',
and re-opens it (only) when it is necessary, to avoid any
extra water to flow from the tap. This is while most of us do
not have the smallest degree of attention toward the matter of
israf (wastage). For example, from the time we intend to
perform wudu', the tap is open until when our ablution is
completed. Whenever Imam [Khumayni] wanted to perform wudu',
he was very careful in using less water. This vigilance was
witnessed in the most minor of his movements. He always
performed ghusl (the Friday major ablution) before the
call of prayers at Friday noon, and his Friday ghusl was
never left. Whenever the Imam performed wudu', he would
perform all the parts of it facing the qibla. Even if the
basin was not in the direction of the qibla, at every
instance, after taking a handful of water, he closed the tap,
and facing the qibla, washed his face or hand. Imam
Khumayni, in accordance with his self-commitment and Islamic
belief, tried to practice whatever he preached. For example, if
during wudu' he reminded one of his family members not to
use water more than necessary, he too carefully followed the
same..."
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Dr. Mahmud
Burujardi
Imam Khumayni's son-in-law
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21)
If a person prays the obligatory
prayers at the beginning of its time and does not attain lofty
stations, he should curse me! (or, he said: he should spit at my
face!)"
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