Adab as-Salat The Disciplines of Prayers

Table of Contents
Preface i
Foreword iii
Dedications v
Author‟s Preface 1
DISCOURSE ONE
Concerning the Disciplines which are Necessary in All States
of the Salat, or Rather in All Worships and Rituals 7
Chapter One
Cordial Disciplines 9
Chapter Two
The Stages of the Stations of the People of Suluk 13
Chapter Three
Concerning Submissiveness (Khushu) 17
Chapter Four
Tranquility 21
Chapter Five
Protecting the Worships from Satan‟s Intrusion 25
Chapter Six
On Vivacity and Cheerfulness 29
Chapter Seven
On Informing the Heart 35
Chapter Eight
On the Presence of Heart 39
Chapter Nine
Hadiths Concerning the Presence of Heart 45
Chapter Ten
On Calling to Acquiring the Presence of Heart 49
Chapter Eleven
On Curing the Wandering Imagination 53
Chapter Twelve
Explaining that Loving this World Causes Distraction
of the Mind 57
Completion
On Turning the Soul Away from the World 63
DISCOURSE TWO
On the Preliminaries of the Salat and Some of
its Cordial Disciplines 65
Objective One
On Purification 67
Chapter One
On Purification in General 69
Chapter Two
Concerning the Stages of Purification 73
Chapter Three
The Cordial Disciplines of the Salik when Coming
to Water for Purification 77
Chapter Four
Concerning the Purifier 81
Chapter Five
Some Disciplines of the Wudu (Ritual Ablution)
in Respect of the Interior and the Heart 85
Chapter Six
Concerning the Ghusl and its Cordial Disciplines 91
Chapter Seven
Some Cordial Disciplines for Removing Filth
and Purifying Impurities 95
Objective Two
Some Disciplines Concerning the Clothes 103
STATION ONE
General Disciplines for the Clothes 105
STATION TWO
Some Disciplines Concerning the Musalli‟s Clothing 111
Chapter One
The Secret of the Purity of Clothing 113
Chapter Two
Concerning Cordial Considerations of Covering the Nakedness 117
Objective Three
On the Cordial Disciplines Concerning the Place of the Musalli 123
Chapter One
About Knowing the Place 125
Chapter Two
On Some Disciplines Concerning Permissibility (Ibahah)
of Place 131
Objective Four
On the Cordial Disciplines of the Time 133
Chapter One
Times of Salat 135
Chapter Two
On Watching over the Time 139
Objective Five
On Some Disciplines Concerning Orientation 143
Chapter One
On the General Secret of Orientation 145
Chapter Two
On Some of the Cordial Disciplines of Orientation 147
DISCOURSE THREE
The Affinities (Muqarinat) of the Salat 151
SECTION ONE
On Some Disciplines of the Adhan and Iqamah 153
Chapter One
General Secret and Disciplines of the Adhan and Iqamah 155
Chapter Two
Some Disciplines and Secrets of Takbirs in the Adhan and
Iqamah 159
Chapter Three
Some Disciplines Concerning Testifying Divinity and
its Connection with the Adhan and Iqamah 165
Chapter Four
Some Disciplines of Testifying to the (Prophet‟s)
Messengership Implying Testifying to the Guardianship 171
Chapter Five
Some Disciplines of the Hayya Ala(s) 179
SECTION TWO
Concerning the Qiyam (the Standing Position in the Salat) 183
Chapter One
The General Secret of the Qiyam 185
Chapter Two
On the Disciplines of the Qiyam 187
SECTION THREE
On the Secret of the Niyyah [Intention] 195
Chapter One
The Truth of the Niyyah in Worship 197
Chapter Two
Sincerity 201
Chapter Three
A Brief Account on Some Stages of Sincerity 205
Chapter Four
Refuting a Group of Ignorants 209
Chapter Five
Some Other Stages of Sincerity 217
SECTION FOUR
Some Disciplines of Recitation and Its Secrets 223
Torch One
General Disciplines of Reciting the Glorious Quran 225
Chapter One
The Discipline of Reverence 227
Chapter Two
Brief Hints at the Objectives, Subjects and Contents of
the Glorious Divine Book 231
Chapter Three
How to be Benefited by the Quran 239
Chapter Four
The Obstacles and Barriers Preventing Being Benefited
by the Quran 243
Chapter Five
Meditation 251
Chapter Six
Application of the Recited Verses to One‟s Own Condition 255
Torch Two
On Some Disciplines of Recitation in the Salat 263
Chapter One
Degrees of Recitation and the Groups of Reciters 265
Chapter Two
Some Disciplines of Istiadhah 273
Chapter Three
On the Four Pillars of Istiadhah 281
Chapter Four
On Some Disciplines of Naming [Tasmiyah] 287
Chapter Five
A Brief Exegesis of the Blessed Surah of al-Hamd and Some Disciplines of Praising and Recitation 293
Chapter Six
Some Exegesis of the Blessed Surah of at-Tawhid 353
Chapter Seven Some Comments on the Blessed Surah of al-Qadr as Much as They Suit these Papers 371
SECTION FIVE
Some Disciplines and Secrets of the Ruku 399
Chapter One On the Takbir before the Ruku 401
Chapter Two Concerning the Disciplines of Bowing in Ruku 403
Chapter Three The Ruku of the Salat of the Messenger‟s Miraj 405
Chapter Four Delicacies and Secrets of the Ruku, Sujud and their Cordial Disciplines
407
Chapter Five Concerning Raising the Head from the Ruku 409
SECTION SIX A Brief Explanation of the Secrets and Disciplines of the Sujud 411
Chapter One General Secret of the Sujud 413
Chapter Two Disciplines of the Sujud 415
Chapter Three Contents and Meaning of the Form, Mood and Invocation of the Sujud 417
Chapter Four The Moods of the Sajid during the Sujud 419
SECTION SEVEN
General Notes on the Disciplines of Tashahhud 421
Chapter One
Meaning and Effect of Testifying to the Tawhid and the Messengership (of the Prophet) 423
Chapter Two
The Disciplines of Tashahhud 425
SECTION EIGHT
On the Disciplines of the Salam 429
Chapter One
State of the Musalli during Utterance of the Salam,
and the Condition for the Salam to be Truthful 431
Chapter Two
Concerning the Meaning and the Secret of the Salam
and its Disciplines 433
CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK
Concerning the Disciplines of Some Internal and External Issues on the Salat 437
Chapter One
The Secrets and the Cordial Disciplines of the Four Tasbihs 439
Chapter Two
Concerning the Cordial Disciplines of the Qunut 443
Chapter Three
After-the-Salat Invocation 447
Conclusion and Invocation (Dua) 451
GLOSSARY 453
APPENDIX
Photostat Pages of the Book in Imam Khomeini‟s
Own Handwriting 459