The Chapter on the Virtues of Prayer
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 31
وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «لاَ تَجْتَمِعُ اَلرَّغْبَةُ وَ اَلرَّهْبَةُ فِي قَلْبٍ إِلاَّ وَجَبَتْ لَهُ اَلْجَنَّةُ فَإِذَا صَلَّيْتَ فَأَقْبِلْ بِقَلْبِكَ عَلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُؤْمِنٍ يُقْبِلُ بِقَلْبِهِ عَلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي صَلاَتِهِ وَ دُعَائِهِ إِلاَّ أَقْبَلَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهِ بِقُلُوبِ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَيْهِ وَ أَيَّدَهُ مَعَ مَوَدَّتِهِمْ إِيَّاهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "Desire (for Allah’s سبحانه وتعالى mercy) and fear (of His displeasure) do not gather together in a heart except that Paradise becomes obligatory for it. So when you pray, turn your heart fully toward Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic, for there is no believing servant who turns his heart fully toward Allah سبحانه وتعالى in his prayer and supplication except that Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic, turns the hearts of the believers toward him, strengthens him with their love, and grants him Paradise along with their affection”.
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh