The Excellence of Prayers and Strong Recommendation about it — report 1

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ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ ﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ داخِرِينَ﴾ قَالَ هُوَ الدُّعَاءُ وَأَفْضَلُ الْعِبَادَةِ الدُّعَاءُ قُلْتُ ﴿إِنَّ إِبْراهِيمَ لأوَّاهٌ حَلِيمٌ﴾ قَالَ الأوَّاهُ هُوَ الدَّعَّاءُ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from Zurara from that Abu Ja’far (al-Baqir) عليه السلام said: “Allah عز وجل has said: «Surely those who are too proud for My worship shall soon enter hell disgraced» (40:60) . This is a reference to supplications, as the greatest act of worship is supplicating." I (Zurara) asked: "What is meant by: «Indeed, Ibrahim was very tender-hearted and forbearing» (9:114) ." He said: "Tender-heartedness is (frequent) supplication."

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, book 2, chapter 1, report 1

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · حسن كالصحيح · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/1)

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · صحيح · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 135

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/2/1/1. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.