Chapter on Times of Prayer and Sign of Each of Its Times
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 4
وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ:« اِعْلَمْ أَنَّ أَوَّلَ اَلْوَقْتِ أَبَداً أَفْضَلُ فَتَعَجَّلِ اَلْخَيْرَ مَا اِسْتَطَعْتَ وَ أَحَبَّ اَلْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَادَامَ اَلْعَبْدُ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ قَلَّ»
Narrated from him from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Ziyad from Hariz from Zurarah, who said:
Abu Ja’far عليه السلام said: "Know that the beginning of the time is always better, so hasten toward good as much as you are able. And the most beloved of deeds to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Mighty and Majestic, is that which the servant remains consistent upon, even if it is little."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 42
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