Adab as-Salat The Disciplines of the Prayer Second Revised Edition

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Author(s): Ayatullah Sayyid Imam Ruhallah al-Musawi al-Khomeini

Translator(s): Muhammad Jafar Khalili

Publisher(s): The Institute for Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeinis Works

Category: Salaat (Ritual Prayer) Ethics Spirituality

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A detailed explanation of the strict disciplines and moral secrets of prayer, written by Imam Khomeini for the general public.

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In His Most Exalted Name

The Disciplines of Salat (The Islamic Prayer), which was finished on Monday, the 2nd of Rabī' ath-Thānī, 1361 L.H. (Lunar Hijrī Year) [30th of Farvardīn, 1321 S.H. (Solar Hijrī year)], is a detailed explanation of the Salat's strict disciplines and moral secrets. Three years before the writing of this work, the Imām (s) [salāmullāhi 'alayh = may Allah's peace be upon him] had written a book under the title: The Secret of the Salat, which contained the same concepts, but it was concise and in the terms of the elect gnostics.(1) Nevertheless, the late Imām, believing that more people should benefit from the subjects of the book, set upon writing this book in a simpler language. He says:

Before this, I prepared a paper in which I wrote on the secrets of the Salat as much as was feasible. But as it was not suitable for the common people, I decided to write parts of the cordial disciplines of this spiritual ascension, so that my brothers in faith may have a remembrance, and my hard heart may be affected by it.

Formerly, the folds [matāwī] of the book Ādāb

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