Traditions gives high value to pious person

The holy book of Quran and books of traditions gives high value to pious person, and pious person is focused after God, Prophets and Imams.

Pious person is considered as moon of the sky, sun of the world, light of the earth and sky.

[1]“قال النبی (ص) مثل المؤمن عندالله کمثل ملک مقرب، و ان المؤمن اعلی عندالله من ملک مقرب”

The prophet (peace be upon him) stated: pious man is like a angel to God, indeed pious man is closer to God than angel.

"ان رسول الله (ص) نظر الی الکعبه فقال: مرحبا بالبیت ما اعظمک و ما اعظم حرمتک علی الله! والله للمؤمن اعظم حرمه منک لان الله حرم منک واحده و من المؤمن ثلاثه: ماله و دمه و ان یظن به ظن السوء"[2]

There is a quotation from the prophet (peace be upon him), while the prophet (peace be upon him) was looking at the Kaaba said: Oh Kaaba praise on, what a great value you’ve got in eyes of Allah, but O’ Kaaba pious person has got the value more and higher than you. O’ Kaaba you’ve got one great respect but the pious person has got three great respects in eyes of God, his property respect, his blood respect and his honor respect. Nobody is allowed to be suspicious of him.

Imam Jafer Sadiq (a.s) states: “قال الصادق (ع) المؤمن اعظم حرمه من الکعبه”[3] pious person is more respected than Kaaba.

Great Islamic scholars have got great values and have got special qualities which show their strong believes to God, strong believes on the Day of Judgment and cleans. The holy book of Quran and books of Islamic traditions has got quotations regarding pious people and their qualities, these quotations wants to give lessons to people and wants to give introduction of pious people to them. Prayer is one of the important qualities of pious people, prayer after believing on God and believing on Day of Judgment is closer than all to pious person.

If this book just gives the part of verses of holy Quran and traditions which are related to the prayer, it might will be reduced the worth of verses and traditions, so we are going to give complete verses and traditions related to the prayer, and through those complete verses and traditions we can know other qualities of pious people.

Due to not to make this book so long, there is a point to be indicated here that we are not going to give verses and traditions with their Arabic text, just we’ll give their translations.

The verses of Holy book of Quran:

It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the East and the West, but righteousness is this that one should believe in Allah and the last day and the angels and the Book and the prophets, and give away wealth out of love for Him to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and the beggars and for (the emancipation of) the captives, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate; and the performers of their promise when they make a promise, and the patient in distress and affliction and in time of conflicts-- these are they who are {rue (to themselves) and these are they who guard (against evil).[4]    

Surely they who believe and do good deeds and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate they shall have their reward from their Lord, and they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.[5]

  But the firm in knowledge among them and the believers believe in what has been revealed to. You and what were revealed before you, and those who keep up prayers and those who give the poor-rate and the believers in Allah and the last day, these it is whom we will give a mighty reward.[6]

Only Allah is your Vali and His Apostle and those who believe, those who keep up prayers and pay the poor-rate while they bow.[7]

And (as for) those who hold fast by the Book and keep up prayer, surely we do not waste the reward of the right doers.[8]

Dear readers these were the verses in which the God has counted prayer as one of the sign of believers. If you want to know some further verses of Holy Quran, follow some following verses.

Annam: 92, Toubeh: 71, Ra’ed:22, Abraham: 31, Hajj: 35-41, Noor: 37, Moumenoon: 2, Namal: 3, Luqman: 4, Fatir: 18 and 19, Shoura: 38, Bayeneh: 5, and Maarej: 23.

Prayer is one of the sign of believers which has come in verses of Holy book of Quran. Any believer; man or woman who has come into the age and the prayer is obligatory for him/her, but he/she doesn’t pray, according to the verses is out of faith and the religion, and it all will cause to make him/her away from the God.