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It is said that
The Commander of
the Faithful,
‘Ali (AS) used
to writhe and
tremble when it
was time for the
Prayer. Asked
once about his
uncommon state,
he said:
The time has
come for the
trust which
Allah, the
Exalted, offered
to the heavens,
the earth and
the mountains,
but they refused
to carry it and
were afraid of
it.
(Mustadrak Al-Wasa’il,
Book of Prayer,
Chapter 2,
Tradition 14)
This is in
direct reference
to the following
verse of The
Qur’an:
Verily, We
offered the
trust to the
Heavens, the
earth and the
mountains, but
they refused to
bear it, and
were afraid
thereof, and man
undertook it.
Verily he was
(proved) unjust,
ignorant.
(Qur’an -
Chapter 33,
Verse 72)
Whenever the
Infallible (AS)
used to stand
before Allah
(SWT) in Prayer,
their limbs
trembled, and
because of the
intensity of
fear, even the
number of their
breaths could be
counted. They
used to become
restless as if
bitten by a
snake, and
Prayer was
offered as
though there
would never be
another chance
to offer another
Prayer.
Muhammad, son of
Ya’qub, quoting
Al-Sadiq (AS) in
Furu’ Al-Kafi,
Volume 3, Page
300, Tradition 4
says:
My father used
to say, when
‘Ali, son of Al-Husayn
(AS) used to
stand for the
Prayer, he
looked like a
trunk of a tree,
nothing of which
would move
unless the wind
would move it.
In Al-’Ilal,
Aban ibn
Taghlib, quoting
Muhammad, son of
‘Ali ibn Al-Husayn:
I said to
Al-Sadiq (AS):
‘I noticed that
when ‘Ali, son
of Al-Husayn
(AS) stood for
the Prayer, his
color changed.’
He said to me:
By Allah
(SWT), ‘Ali ibn
Al-Husayn knew
before whom he
was standing.
(Wasa’ilush-Shi’ah,
Volume 4, Page
685, Chapter 2,
Tradition 4)
This is an
excellent
precedent for us
from the
Infallible (AS)
whose every word
and action were
in accordance
with the
pleasure of the
Almighty. It is
truly
meritorious to
be able to
convince
yourself that
the Prayer you
will be offering
may be your last
one and that you
may not have a
chance to say
another Prayer.
This behavior
can be
maintained only
in pious people,
and piety and
the fear of
Allah (SWT) are
the two
qualities you
should endeavor
to possess.
In ‘Uddatud-Da`I,
it is
stated:
The imploring
moaning of
Ibrahim (AS)
used to be heard
from a mile’s
distance, such
that Allah (SWT)
praised him by
saying:
‘Ibrahim was
mild, imploring,
penitent’.
When performing
his Prayer, a
sound of fizz
like that of a
boiler was heard
coming from his
chest. A similar
sound was also
heard from the
chest of our
Prophet (S).
Fatimah (AS)
used to pant in
the Prayer
because of her
fear of Allah
(SWT).
(Mustadrak Al-Wasa’il,
Chapter 2,
Tradition 15)
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