دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) وَ أَنَا شَابٌّ فَوَصَفَ لِيَ التَّطَوُّعَ وَ الصَّوْمَ فَرَأَى ثِقْلَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِي فَقَالَ لِي إِنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ كَالْفَرِيضَةِ مَنْ تَرَكَهَا هَلَكَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ التَّطَوُّعُ إِنْ شُغِلْتَ عَنْهُ أَوْ تَرَكْتَهُ قَضَيْتَهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَكْرَهُونَ أَنْ تُرْفَعَ أَعْمَالُهُمْ يَوْماً تَامّاً وَ يَوْماً نَاقِصاً إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلى صَلاتِهِمْ دائِمُونَ وَ كَانُوا يَكْرَهُونَ أَنْ يُصَلُّوا حَتَّى يَزُولَ النَّهَارُ إِنَّ أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ تُفَتَّحُ إِذَا زَالَ النَّهَارُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Ibn Bukeyr, from Zurara who said, ‘I went over to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> and I was a youth, so he<sup>asws</sup> described the voluntary (Salāt) for me, and the Fasts. So he<sup>asws</sup> saw the heaviness of that in my face, and he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘This is not like the Obligatory (Salāt) which if one were to neglect it, would be destroyed. But rather, it is the voluntary. If you were too busy from it or neglect it, make up for it. They (the people) would be disliking if their deeds were to be Raised as complete one day, and one day - deficient. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:70#h23"><a href="/books/quran:70#h23">[70:23]</a></a> Those who are constant at their Prayer</span>, and they were disliking if they were to pray <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> until the day declines, and that the gates of the sky are open when the day (starts to) decline’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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