Al-Kafi 3136

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Fazalat, from Al A’ala, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah^asws saying: ‘A man passed by me^asws and I^asws was supplicating in my^asws <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> with my^asws left hand, so he said, ‘O Abu Abdullah^asws! (Do it) with your^asws right hand’. So I^asws said: ‘O servant of Allah^azwj! For Allah^azwj Blessed and High there is a Right upon this like His^azwj Right upon this’. And he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘The desire (الرَّغْبَةُ) is that you extend your hand and display its front parts; and the awe (الرَّهْبَةُ) is that you extend your hand and displays its back parts; and the beseeching (التَّضَرُّعُ) is that you move the right index finger to the right and left; and the devotion (التَّبَتُّلُ) is that you move the left index finger raising it moderately and dropping it; and the invoking (الِابْتِهَالُ) is that you extend your hand and your forearm towards the sky; and the invoking is where you see the causes for the wailing’.

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