Role of worship

Worship means devoting all the dimensions of life to the divine will and pleasure. Giving divine meaning to all activities has significant effects on the life of man, some of which are the following:

1. Making the perishable perpetual

Man and all his efforts will perish, but whatever is done for His pleasure will remain as an asset. The Holy Qur’an says:

﴿ ما عِنْدَ كُمْ يَنْفَدُ وَ ما عِنْدَ اللهِ باقٍ ﴾

“That which is with you will be spent but what is with Allah shall last.”

It also says elsewhere:

﴿ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُ ﴾

“Everything is to perish except His Face.”

2. Changing the material into the spiritual

If the purpouse behind {man’s} deeds be a Godly one if man could set the intention, motive and direction of his activities along the path of the divine will, and conduct himself as a true servant of God, even his mundane acts such as eating, dressing, traveling, visiting, housekeeping, studying, and all his daily chores would become spiritual. On the contrary, sometimes even the most sacred of works, if done with materialistic and worldly motives, could lose their worth.

3. Individual and collective development

Worship of God demands a total disregard of personal whims and caprice; non-glorification of any race, garment, language, land, and city; association with God, the Ultimate Power and Perfection. And gratitude to the Bestower of blessings. Taken together, they play an important role in the intellectual development of the individual and society collectively. Worship means moving along the straight path of God:

﴿ وَأَنْ اعْبُدُونِي هَذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ﴾

“Worship Me. This is a straight path.”

﴿ وَاسْتَعِينُواْ بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلاَةِ ﴾

“And take recourse in patience and prayer.”

Also, worship individually protects human beings from caprice, sin and temptation, and a devoted society that worships God consciously rejects the worship of taghuts, tyrants and superpowers. ‘Allamah Iqbal Lahuri said:

آدم از بى بصرى بندگى آدم کرد

گوهرى داشت ولى نذر قباد و جم كرد

يعنى از خوى غلامى ز سگان پستتر است

من نديدم كه سگى پيش سگى سرخم كرد

Due to a lack of insight, man serves another man,

He possessed a gem but gave it to others,

He is worse than dogs in his slavish demeanor,

I have yet to see a dog bow down before another.

Worship improves individuals as well as societies. In most cases, the corruption in society emanates from, and is caused by the inclination to worship any other, besides God.

Reasons for worship

The following reasons persuade man to worship and serve God:

1. Greatness of God

When man sees the greatness and magnificence of God, he unconsciously feels humble and weak before Him, just as a person who regards himself insignificant before a distinguished person and scholar, also honors and respects him.

2. Feelings of dependence

Man’s nature is such that he feels humble before some one upon whom he is dependent. Our very existence depends upon the will of God and we need Him all the time. This feeling of need and deficiency urges man to worship God—for only He is the Ultimately Perfect and Independent. It is stated in some hadiths that if there were no death, poverty and sickness, some people would never humble themselves before God.

3. Awareness of blessings

Man loves to possess and enjoy blessings. Remembering the abundant blessings of God can be the strongest motive for worshipping Him. In the litanies {munajat} of the infallible Imams (‘a), the blessings of God, including those that are related to those prior to the birth of man, are initially mentioned, and in this way man shows his love to God and than he humbly presents his requests. God also says:

﴿ فَلْيَعْبُدُوا رَبَّ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ ٭ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَآمَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍ ﴾

“Let them worship the Lord of this House, who has fed them {and saved them} from hunger, and secured them from fear.”[10]

In another verse, man is asked to worship God who created him.

4. Human nature {fitrah}

Worship is an instinctive and integral part of human nature. Being innate, man sometimes treads the correct path and worships God. When misled, he is drawn to the worship of the sun, stones, wood, the cow, money, spouses, and taghuts.[11]

The prophets (‘a) have not come to instill the sense of worship in man. Rather, their mission is to guide this natural disposition in the right direction. ‘Ali (‘a) said:

فَبَعَثَ اللهُ مُحَمَّداً بِالْحَقّ لِيُخرِجَ عِبادَهُ مِنْ عِبادَةِ الأَوْثانِ إِلى عِبادَتِهِ.

“God thus sent down Muhammad in truth to stop His servants from idol-worship, and invite them to His worship.”[12]

Most of the Qur’anic verses related to worship invite people to the divine unity in worship {tawhid fi’l-‘ibadah} and not to the spirit of worship, because that spirit of worship already exists in man. It is like the desire for food which exists in every infant, but if it is not guided, he will eat mud instead of food and enjoy eating it!

Were it not for the leadership of the prophets (‘a), the direction of this instinct would be elsewhere, and instead of God, false and futile deities would be worshipped. Just as during the forty days of the absence of Hadhrat[13] Musa (Moses) (‘a), the people through the temptation of Samiri started worshipping the golden calf. 

Ariza - A Letter to the Imam of our time

Translation of Dua-e-Ariza

I have written to you O my master, may His mercy and blessing be on you, seeking a favour from you.

I have complained to you for what has happened to me seeking solutions firstly from Allah and then from you for a matter that has obsessed me.

I am helpless in combating the problem and for that I have resorted to seeking help from Allah and from you. Knowing the status you have with Allah.

I am confident that you will help me get the solutions to my problems swiftly and that you will intercede on my behalf. I am helpless and moreover I am sinful:

so help O master and present this problem to Allah and I pray to Him that He will solve this quickly and grant me victory and success in finding the solution to my problems.

(Write your personal wishes and problems in the provided space)

I am not able to carry or bear with it. Although I am responsible for the increase of my sins and ignorant about my responsibilities (Wajibaats), from Allah which are given to me.

So help me O my master.  Peace be upon you during this time of problems and sorrow.

 presents my prayers to Allah before I compensate and before my enemies engulfs me. For you have shown me your blessings.

So I pray to Allah for great salvation and near victory with calmness from all fears,

 for Allah is most high and does what he wants. Allah is sufficient for me from beginning and in my hopes.

Whatever Allah wish there is neither strength nor any power except in Allah the High, the Great.

*When dropping the Ariza in the sea, we normally recite the following, addressing Husayn bin Rawh, the 3rd Na’ib of the 12th Imam:

“O Husayn bin Rawh, Salamun Alykum.

I bear witness that you died in the path of Allah and (hence), you are alive and are sustained by Allah.  am addressing you in your life which you lead with Allah – this is my note and wishes to the master of the Era, the 12th Imam (AS), so please hand it over to him for you are indeed trustworthy”.

Titles of Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s) - MAHDI

This is his most famous title. The word 'Mahdi' is derived from the infinitive of guidance and means the one who has been guided by the Almighty. In this context Imam Sadiq (a.s) was asked, "Why is he called al - Mahdi?" He replied:

"Because he will be guided to every hidden affairs."

Also it has been narrated from Imam Badiq (a.s), "He is names Mahdi as, he will guide to a hidden affair."

- Biharul Anwaar, Vol. 51, chapter 2,
- Istatul Hudaat, Shaikh Hurr Aameeli, Vol. 7, P. 110 & 169

Characteristics of Imam Mahdi (a.s) are similar to those of Prophets.

Imam Sajjad (a.s) said:
"In our Qaim are found the characteristics of the Prophets (a.s). They are similar to those of our father Hazrat Adam (a.s), Hazrat Nuh (a.s), Hazrat Ibrahim (a.s), Hazrat Isa (a.s), Hazrat Ayyub (a.s), Hazrat Moosa (a.s), and Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (saw). As regard to Hazrat Adam (a.s) and Hazrat Nuh (a.s) it is their long life. As regards to Hazrat Ibrahim (a.s) it is the secret birth and his staying away from the people. In case of Hazrat Moosa (a.s) it is the fear and his disappearance. In the case of Hazrat Isa (a.s), it is the controversy among the people about him, (some people believe that he is alive and on Allah's order resides on the fourth sky. While others allege that he was crucified.) In the case of Hazrat Ayyub (a.s), it is his perfection after his great test. And in the case of Hazrat Muhammad (saw), it is his reappearance with a sword."

- Kamaaluddin, p.322

Nmaaz-e-Ghufayla

The Messenger of Allah (saw) said:
Recite the recommended prayer in the time of carelessness (Ghaflat) even if it be two Rakats because this two rakat namaaz enables one to enter the Paradise. It was asked: O messenger of Allah! What is the time of carelessness? He replied: The time between Magrib and Isha prayer."

Namaaz-e-Ghufayla is two rakats which is recited between the Magrib and Isha prayer. It has tremendous effect and great merits in the fulfilment of desires in this world and in the hereafter.

METHOD OF NAMAAZ-E-GHUFAYLA

Rule 783. Ghufayla prayers is one of the Mustahab prayers which is offered between Maghrib and Isha prayers having great rewards

In its first Rak'at after Surah al-Hamd, instead of any other Surah, the following verses should be recited:

21.87: And Yunus, when he went away in wrath, so he thought that We would not straiten him, so he called out among afflictions: There is no god but Thou, glory be to Thee; surely I am of those who make themselves to suffer loss. 21.88: So We responded to him and delivered him from the grief and thus do We deliver the believers (Surah Anbiyah (21), Verse 87-88)

Transliteration

Wa zannuni iz zahaba mughaziban fazanna an lan naqdira 'alayhi fanada fiz zulumati an la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minazzalimin fastajabna lahu wa najjaynahu minal ghammi wa kazalika nunjil mu'minin.

In the second Rak'at after Surah al-Hamd, instead of other Surah, the following verse should be recited:

And with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures — none knows them but He; and He knows what is in the land and the sea, and there falls not a leaf but He knows it, nor a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor anything green nor dry but (it is all) in a clear book. (Surah Ana'am (6), Verse 59)

Transliteration

Wa 'indahu mafatihul ghaybi la ya'lamuha illa huwa wa ya'lamu ma fil barri wal bahri wa ma tasqutu min waraqatin illa ya'lamuha wa la habbatin fi zulumatil arz wa la ratbin wa la yabisin illa fi kitabim mubin.

And in Qunut this Dua be recited:

Transliteration

Alla humma inni as aluka bi mafatihli ghaybil lati la ya 'lamuha illa anta an tusalliya 'ala Muhammadin wa Ali Muhammad wa an taf'al bi........... (here one should mention his wishes).

Thereafter, the following Dua should be recited:

Transliteration

Alla humma anta waliyyu ni'mati wal qadiru 'ala talabati ta'lamu hajati fa as aluka bihaqqi Muhammadin wa Ali Muhammadin 'alayhi wa 'alay himussalamu lamma qazaaytaha li.

Wiladate Bibi Sakina (s.a) Mubarak!

Is baat se mehsus karo kya h Sakina
Abbas ki aankho k qasida h Sakina
Ayinaye Zehrase jo dekha tera bachpan
Har aks pukara ke tu Zehra h Sakina

Thankfulness for Capability (or Means) is also Necessary

If we are receiving sustenance or help from some means, we must be thankful for these too. However we should not consider these means or intermediaries to be independent of Allah. We must accept them only as the agents through whom Allah is causing His Mercy to reach us. These agents only act as a medium of passing the bounties of Allah and hence they must also be acknowledged; as ordered by the Masoom (a.s.). 

"One who does not thank his apparent giver (the agent or the means), it is as if he has not thanked his real giver (Allah)."
(Behaarul Anwaar)

"The most thankful amongst you towards Allah is the one who is most thankful to the people (who have helped you)."
(Safinatul Behaar)

There is no doubt that if one considers his helper to be the original doer of good (independent from Allah), he has surely committed shirk.

Thankfulness to the Provider of Bounties

The master of the Universe is Allah and He bestows all the bounties, hence He must be thanked for these. Because all the good deeds are only through His hands. He gives whatever goodness He likes to anyone of His choice. That is why we say with a firm belief, "Al-hamdo lillah" (The praise is only for Allah).

Reliance Upon Allah

"And if Allah should afflict you with harm, then there is none to remove it but He, and if He intends good to you there is none to repel His grace; He brings it to whom He pleases of His servants; and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful." 

(Surah Yunus 10:107)

Human Strength is Limited by Divine Will

The strength and the capacity of all the human beings is surrounded by the Divine decree and Allah's will. As we see that a person makes an intention to do something but at the last moment his plans are foiled.

He is unable to complete the task that he had initiated due to the loss of capacity. Actually, what he intended to do was against the Divine will and thus he is hindered from the task. A person inquired from Amirul Momineen Ali (a.s.), "My Master! How did you recognise (realise) Allah?" He replied, "I recognised Him by witnessing the abrogation of intention and the failures of strengths." Allah, undoubtedly is the initiator of all that moves in the Universe and He is the original cause of the various effects in the created world. To acknowledge Allah as the base of everything and to have a firm belief in this is the pinnacle of Tawheed (Belief in the Oneness of Allah). 

However very few people are able to achieve this stage of Tawheed. But if one develops a firm conviction that the cause of every effect, whether material or spiritual is Allah, alone, he develops some peculiar characteristics. One of such characteristics is the Fear of Allah.

- Greater Sins, Vol.1

Human Strength

Whatever a human being is able to achieve, is by the strength, the capacity, intellect and will power bestowed on him by Allah. By thought and perseverance, he can make use of these favours to distinguish between good and evil and perform his deeds. Anyone who does not ponder upon the designs which embellish the doors and walls of this world is himself lifeless like the walls. The observation of the creations around him offer enlightenment to the intelligent mind. But one who does not deliberate (ponder), cannot know Allah through His creations and thus he rejects the existence of Allah.

Is there anyone who could produce sweet fruits from woods (of trees)? Does anyone possess the miraculous capability of growing colourful flowers from (among) the thorns? He is that Pure and Flawless God who by His Divine plan and order created the day and the night and gave the light to the sun and the moon.

He is an incomparable king who neither requires a constitution nor a treasure. He is that designer who does not need paints or the tools of designing.

He causes the water springs to erupt from the stones and makes the rain to descend from the clouds. He creates honey from the bee and silk from the silkworm.

If all the creatures come together to discuss the bounties of Allah and continue upto the Day of Qiyamat, they will not have accomplished even a thousandth fraction of their task.
"And if you count Allah's favours, you will not be able to number them; most surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful."
(Surah Nahl 16:18)

No Limit to the Splendour of Allah's Might

Allah, the Almighty is the One who brings assistance to the needy beseechers, provides relief to the afflicted who cry out for help and in His hands is all the good. "He is Allah the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner, the Sustainer, the Giver of life and death the Bestower of benefits, the Punisher, the Acceptor of prayers, the Obeyed One and the Praised." The names and attributes of Allah manifest His greatness. The phrase 'Rabbul Aalameen' (Lord of the worlds) is central to the Divine names. But intellect and reason is bewildered in understanding His attributes, and speech and expression is dumbfounded by His greatness.
(Almanac page 149)

The Holy Quran says:
"Say, if the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would surely be consumed before the words of my Lord are exhausted, though we were to bring the like of that (sea) to add thereto."
(Surah Kahf 18:109)

Ziyarat Waritha - Hassanain Rajabali

Ziyarat e Waritha زيارت وارثه - by Aba Thar - Arabic sub English

6 khobsorat HADEES

1-Jo shakhs har wqt bawazu rahega ALLAH uski rozi kushada farmaega.
2-ALLAH ki khushi baap ki khushi me Allah ki narazgi baap ki narazgi me hai.
3-Sood or haram kamai khane wale ki dua qabool nahi hoti.
4-Jis ne apni namazon ki fikar chod di ALLAH ne uski fikar chod di.
5-Har vajeb  Namaz k baad AYAT-UL-KURSI padhne wale aur jannat k darmiyan sirf maut hai.
6-ALLAH us shaks ko aabad karta hai jo Hadees sun k dosron tak pohchata hai.

For the Public Benefit

He was a hard-working man with a pleasant personality. He worked hard while farming and cultivating orchards. He developed several plots and orchards and then gave them all away for the sake of Allah.

One day, he acquired a piece of barren land outside the town which he wanted to cultivate. In order to do this, he decided to dig a well, he chose a suitable place and, putting
his hopes in the grace of Allah, he began to dig.

Several days went by, but still there was no sign of any water coming out of the well.

One day, he picked up a pickaxe, entered the well and, using all his strength and energy, worked very hard for a while, but still there was no sign of water. Exhausted, he came out of the well, wiped away the sweat of his brow, rested for a while, and then re-entered the well.

He was swinging the pickaxe with such vigor that the sound of his breathing could be heard all around. After receiving a strong, hard blow with the pickaxe, the ground suddenly split open, and fresh, clear water bubbled up.

He climbed quickly out of what had now become a wonderful well in the dry desert which would soon turn all the surrounding area into a lovely orchard. Soon the people gathered around to see it. Each of them was commenting on It.

"What a hard working man is he" one said.

"He is a good and generous man," said another.

"Allah has been generous to him and given him goodness".

"He and his descendants have become rich forever." said some.

Some congratulated him while some were jealous.

"Bring me a paper and pen" he said and then he sat down and wrote the following:

“I have endowed this well and the land surrounding it in charity for its income to be used as follows:

a.    In helping the poor and destitute.

b.    In helping the travelers far away from their homes.

c.    In providing the means for the marriages of orphans.

d.    In providing medical care for the poor.

e.    In the doing of good works of public benefit.

“I have endowed this well in charity so as to seek the pleasure of Allah and the rewards of the Hereafter, and in order to be saved from the of Hell”.

Do you know who this pious generous man was? He was none but the Leader of all the Believers Imam Ali (as).

Wiladate Maula Hussain (a.s) Mubarak!

Shabbir buss ye Teri Chaukhat ka fal hai
Mayus hoke DARse Sawali NAHI JATTA
Bayt nadi HUSSAIN ne Sar de diya
Is DARse toh Yazid BHI khali NAHI gaya

Fast of Shabaan

I.BAQIR(A) Jo shaks M.Shaban k roze rakhe to Allah(swt) ose tamam kharabi aur buraiyon se paak kar dega & ospe Jannat wajib kardega (WILADAT MUBARAK)

Reciting Salwaat in Shabaan

RASULALLAH(S) Mahe SHABAN mera mahina hai & Shafat ka mahina bhi, jo shaks is mahine me mujh pe & meri aal pe SALWAT bheje mai ooski shafat karunga

Aulaad ke liye walidain ka paighaam

AULAAD ke liye WALIDAIN ka Paighaam..
1. Jis Din Tum Hame Budha Dekho Tab
Sabar Karna Aur Hame Samajhne Ki Koshish Karna.
2. Jab Hum Koi Baat Bhool Jaaye Toh Hum Par ghussa Na Karna Aur Apna Bachpann Yaad Karna.
3. Jab Hum Budhe Hokar Chal Na Paaye Toh Hamara Sahara Banna Aur Apna Pehla Qadam Yaad Karna.
4. Jab Hum Beemar Hojaaye Toh Woh Din Yaad Karke Hum Par Apne Paise Kharch Karna Jab Hum Tumhari Khawaishen Puri Karne Ke Liye Apni Khawaishen Qurbaan Karte The.
Plz share this Beautiful Naseehat with everyone.
Respect Ur Parents. wiladat of saniye zehra Janabe ZAINAB(sa) mubarak

Amaal of Shabaan

Recite daily:
3) TIMES SURE FATEHA
3) TIMES AYTAL QURSI
3) TIMES SURE TAWHEED, SURE FALAK, SURE KAFEROON AND SURE NAAS
1) TIME SUBHANALLAHE WAL HAMDOLILLAHE WA LA ELAHA ILLALLAHO WALLAH HO AKBER WALA HOWLAWALAH QUWATA ILLA BILLAH HIL ALIYIL AZEEM
3) TIMES SALAWAT
3) ALLAHUMAGFIRLIL MOMENINA WAL MOMENAT WAL MUSLEMINA WAL MUSLEMAAT AL AHYAE MIN HUM WAL AMWAAT TABE BAYNANA WA BAYNAHUM BIL KHAIRAAT INNAKA MUJEEBUT DAAWAAT INNAKA QAZIUL HAJAAT INNAKA ALA KULLE SHAIN QADEER
400 )TIMES ASTAGFERULLAHA WATOBO ELAY AND ASK WHAT U NEED FROM ALLAH SWT SURELY HE WILL ANSWER UR CALL AMEEN

Me'raj

Angels with Feathers: We continued on our path until we reached to the end of the seventh heaven. It was there at the end of the heaven that we witnessed the Throne of Allah. Here I saw an Angel who was glorifying Allah  such: "Wherever I may be, glory is to my Lord. I do not know where your Lord is due to His great status. "

This Angel had two wings such that if they were to spread open, it would cover the east to the west of the Universe. Every morning he would open up his wings, rest against something and cry out such: "Glory be to Allah, the King, the Holy. Glory be to Allah, the Great, the Most High. There is no god except Allah, the Living and Self­ Subsisting.” Whenever the Angel would say this tasbih, all the peacocks that are on the Earth would start to praise Allah  and open their wings up in respect (of Allah).

Whenever this Angel in the heaven would become quiet, the peacocks on the Earth would become quiet. The Angel in the heaven had green hair and white wings ‑ so white that no one has ever seen anything that white before. Under its green hair, there are white wings which are very beautiful ‑ the green which until now has never been seen before." 

(From Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 18, p. 327, Bab 3 - Ithbaat al-Mi`raaj wa ma`anaahu wa kayfiyyatuhu wa sifatuhu wa ma jaraa feehi wa wasf al-buraaq, Hadith 34.)

Bait al Ma’mur Along with Jibra'il, we entered into Bait al‑Ma'mur. A group of my friends were with me all of whom were wearing new clothing. Others from amongst them were wearing old clothing, and when they tried to enter this area, they were prevented. Only those who were wearing new clothing were permitted to enter with me into Bait al‑Ma'mur. In this place, I performed a two Rak'at Salat, and then left.

Two rivers passed by me ‑ one was al‑Kawthar and the other was the river of Mercy. I drank from the river of al‑Kawthar and performed a Ghusl with the river of Mercy. I was then guided to enter into Paradise. In one area of Paradise, I saw my house and that of my wife. The ground and the dirt of Paradise had the smell of Musk and Amber. In the rivers of Paradise, I saw a servant of Allah who was bathing. I asked her, "O' servant! Who are you for?" She replied to me, "I am (here) for Zaid ibn Harith." When I saw Zaid (after this event), I gave him the good tidings of this.

"The birds of Paradise were as the camels of Khurasan (in size). The pomegranates that were hanging on the trees were so large and glowing and incomparable to anything else. It was here that I saw a huge tree such that if a bird were to fly around it for seven hundred years, he would still not be able to go around the entire tree. In Paradise, there is not a single house in which one of the branches of this tree does not cover. I asked Jibra'il regarding this tree and he told me, "This is the tree o f Tuba about which, Allah has said in the Qur'an:"...Tuba shall be theirs and a goodly return” Surah al‑Ra'd (13).  Thus this tree of Tuba is in Paradise and all of the houses in there are under (the shade) of this tree.

 I asked Jibra'il concerning all the wonderful things that we had witnessed including the rivers, and those things which frightened me, and he replied, "These are all various levels of veils which are placed between Allah  the High and His creations. If these curtains were not there, then the Throne of Allah would have been visible however, it is not possible for any of His creations to see His Light (Nur).'" 

( Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 18, p. 327-328, Bab 3 - Ithbaat al-Mi`raaj wa ma`anaahu wa kayfiyyatuhu wa sifatuhu wa ma jaraa feehi wa wasf al-buraaq, Hadith 34.)

SALAT (SUMMARY OF ME’RAJ)

The distinguished Prophet Muhammad (S) while summarizing great event of ME’RAJ narrates: Here I led the Angels of Paradise in Salat just as in Bait al ­Muqaddas I led the previous Prophets in Salat. When I went into Sajdah, Allah called out, "I had made fifty Salat for each day incumbent upon the Prophets who came before you; and upon you and your Ummah, I make these incumbent too for these fifty Salat I have confirmed.” After the Salat, I continued on my back and while on the path, I met Prophet Ibrahim al‑Khalil. He did not ask me a single question.

Then I met Musa ibn Imran. He asked me, "O' Muhammad what did you do?" I replied, "My Allah told me that he had made fifty daily Salat obligatory on the Prophets before me, and upon me and my Ummah too, He has made this amount obligatory."

Prophet Musa  said to me, "O' Muhammad! Your Nation is the final and the weakest of all the Nations. Allah's commands must be followed, however your Nation does not have the ability to perform fifty daily Salat; thus, return to Allah and request Him to lighten the load on your Ummah."I returned to Sidratul Muntaha and fell into prostration. I said, "O' Allah! You have made fifty daily Salat obligatory on my Ummah and me. However, my Ummah and I do not have the ability to perform this much. From your Holy Presence, I request a reduction in this."

Allah, Glorious and High ‑ reduced the number of Salat by ten. I returned back and informed Musa  what happened. He replied, "Go back as they do not have the power to perform even this much." I returned once again, and Allah reduced the number of Salat by ten. I was going back when Musa (a) said, "Still they do not have the ability to perform even this."

I once again returned, fell into sajdah, and asked for a reduction in the Salat. Allah once more reduced the number by ten. I returned to where Musa (a)  was and told him what happened. Again he said to me, "Go back since they will not be able to even handle this."

I once again returned, fell into sajdah and again asked Allah for a reduction in the Salat. I said, "O' Allah, my Nation is weak and they will not have the ability to handle even this." Allah reduced the Salat by ten more. From a total of fifty Salat, only ten were made obligatory.

Again, I passed by Musa (a) and he said, "Your Ummah does not have the ability to even handle ten Salat." For the last time I returned and fell into sajdah. Allah reduced the Salat by five. I went to where Musa was and he said to me, "Your Ummah does not even have the ability to perform five daily Salat." I said to him, "I am embarrassed to go back to Allah again. I will just be patient in relation to these five Salat."

Then I heard a voice that said, "Since you have had patience, these five Salat will be counted as fifty Salat. Each Salat will be counted as ten Salat, and if one person from your Ummah performs a good act, then ten good acts will be written for him, but if he performs one bad act, then only that one bad act will be written in his record."

Imam Ja'far as‑Sadiq (a.s) had said, "May Allah give Musa (a.s) great reward since because of him, the daily (obligatory) Salat were reduced to only five."

(From Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 18, p. 330-331, Bab 3 - Ithbaat al-Mi`raaj wa ma`anaahu wa kayfiyyatuhu wa sifatuhu wa ma jaraa feehi wa wasf al-buraaq, Hadith 34.)