بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

In the name of Allah, The All-beneficent, The All-Merciful

In this text, Muhsin Qara'ati explains in detail the meaning of Worship and Intention, as well as how different stages of worship are acquired. He then goes on to explain the different actions of Prayer in detail, such as the first Takbir, and the recitation of the Suras. The author explains each step throughly, outlining its importance and our understanding of the action.

قال اللهُ تعالی:

إِنّما یُرِیدُ اللّهُ لِیُذْهِب عنْکُمُ الرِّجْس أهْل الْبیْتِ ویُطهِّرکُمْ تطْهِیرًا

Indeed, Allah desires to repel all impurity from you, O People of the Household, and purify you with a thorough purification. (Sūrah al-Aḥzāb 33:33)

The most authoritative books on Hadīth and Tafsīr (Quranic exegesis), amongst both Sunni and Shi'ah sources, cite Prophetic traditions that confirm verse 33:33 as being exclusively revealed in relation to the five who were ‘covered by the Cloak’; namely Muhammad, ‘Alī, Fātīmah, al- Hasan, and al- Husayn, (peace be upon them), to whom the term ‘Ahl al-Bayt’ (People of the House) is specifically attributed.

For instance, refer to the following reference books:

(1) Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH), al-Musnad, 1:331; 4:107; 6:292, 304. (2) Ṣahīh Muslim (d. 261 AH), 7:130. (3) Al-Tirmidhī (d. 279 AH), Sunan, 5:361 et al. (4) Al-Dūlābī (d. 310 AH), al-Dhurriyyah al-Tahirah al-Nabawiyyah, pp. 108. (5) Al-Nassa’i (d. 303 AH), al-Sunan al-Kubra, 5:p108, 113. (6) al-Hakīm al-Nayshābūrī (d. 405 AH), al-Mustadrak ‘alā aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥayn, 2:416, 3:133, 146, 147. (7) al-Zarkāshī (d. 794 AH), al-Burhān, pp. 197. (8) Ibn Hājar al-Asqalānī (d. 852), Fatḥ al-Barī Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, 7:104. (9) Al-Kulaynī (d. 328 AH), Uṣūl al-Kāfī, 1:287. (10) Ibn Bābawayh (d. 329 AH), al-Imāmah wa’l-Tabṣirah, pp. 47, H. 29. (11) Al-Maghribī (d. 363 AH), Da’ā’im al-Islām, pp. 35, 37. (12) Aṣ-Ṣadūq (d. 381 AH), al-Khiṣāl, pp. 403, 550. (13) Aṭ-Ṭūsī (d. 460 AH), al-‘Amālī, H. 438, 482, 783.

For more details, refer to the exegesis of the holy verse involved in the following reference books of tafsīr: (1) Aṭ-Ṭabarī (d. 310 AH), Book of Tafsīr. (2) Al-Jassāss (d. 370 AH), Aḥkām al-Qur’an. (3) Al-Waḥīdī (d. 468 AH), Asbāb al-Nuzūl. (4) Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597 AH), Zād al-Maṣīr. (5) Al-Qurṭubī (d. 671 AH), al-Jāmi‘li-Aḥkām al-Qur’an. (6) Ibn Kathīr (d. 774 AH), Book of Tafsīr. (7) Al-Tha’ālibī (d. 825 AH), Book of Tafsīr. (8) Al-Suyūtī (d. 911 AH), al-Durr al-Manthūr. (9) Al-Shawkanī (d. 1250 AH), Fath al-Qadeer. (10) Al-Ayyashi (d. 320 AH), Book of Tafsīr. (11) Al-Qummī (d. 329 AH), Book of Tafsīr. (12) Furt al-Kūfī (d. 352 AH), Book of Tafsīr; in the margin of the exegesis of verse 4:59. (13) Al-Tabrīzī (d. 560 AH), Majma’ al-Bayān, as well as many other reference books of Hadith and Tafsir.

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