قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ص مَنْ عَمِلَ بِمَا افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَهُوَ مِنْ خَيْرِ النَّاسِ.
“Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) has said, ‘One who fulfils what Allah has made obligatory upon him is the best of people.’”
فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- اصْبِرُوا وَ صابِرُوا وَ رابِطُوا[3] قَالَ اصْبِرُوا عَلَى الْفَرَائِضِ.
“About the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, ‘Believers, have patience, help each other with patience, establish good relations with one another. . . .’ (3:200), the Imam said, ‘Exercise patience in fulfilling your obligations.’”
فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- اصْبِرُوا وَ صابِرُوا وَ رابِطُوا قَالَ اصْبِرُوا عَلَى الْفَرَائِضِ وَ صابِرُوا عَلَى الْمَصَائِبِ وَ رابِطُوا عَلَى الْأَئِمَّةِ ع[4]. - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي السَّفَاتِجِ وَ زَادَ فِيهِ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ رَبَّكُمْ فِيمَا افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْكُمْ
“About the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, ‘Believers, have patience, help each other with patience, establish good relations with one another. . . . (3:200) the Imam said, ‘Exercise patience in fulfilling your obligations, help each other with patience in tragedies and establish good relations with A
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص اعْمَلْ بِفَرَائِضِ اللَّهِ تَكُنْ أَتْقَى النَّاسِ.
“The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Fulfill what Allah has made obligatory upon you. You will then be considered the most pious of the people.’”
قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مَا تَحَبَّبَ[1] إِلَيَّ عَبْدِي بِأَحَبَّ مِمَّا افْتَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ.
5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from abu Jamilah from Muhammad al-Halabi from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Blessed, the Most High, has said, ‘The most beloved matter to Me through which My servant seeks to be loved is to fulfill what 1