traduza o texto completamente e perfeitamente para o português Then the Imam (a.s) said, “Offering namaz e shab was the practice of
the Prophet (a.s) and the pious persons followed suit. It removes pains
and makes the faces radiant. One who offers these nightly prayers
becomes good-natured and presentable. It boosts the means of livelihood
of the person. The eight rakaat (genuflections) of namaz e shab are the adornment of the Hereafter for one who offers these prayers. It gives light
to the eyes and expels sadness.”
It is mentioned in the traditions that namaz e shab enhances the radiance of the face and the fragrance of the body. It gives boost to the person’s livelihood. The person who offers these prayers finds means of discharging his debts.
In another tradition it is said that a household where the Quran is recited and the namaz e shab is offered, the house appears to the people of
the Firmament as if it is a shining star.
It is recorded that the Prophet of Allah (a.s) said while making a commentary on the verse:
No doubt virtues obliterate the sins
said that the verse means that when a momin offers the namaz e shab,
his sins committed during the day are obliterated.
The Prophet of Islam (a.s) has said, “Whosoever is given the privilege
of offering namaz e shab by Allah, remains awake in the nights and with
total dedication offers the prayer duly purifying himself with ablution,
Allah will arrange nine rows of angels to join the prayer behind him.
Only Allah will know the number of angels in each of the nine rows. One
end of each row of the angels will be in the North and the other in the
South. When the person completes the prayer, virtues will be added to
his list (Nama e Aamaal) according to the number of angels who had
offered prayers behind him.”
It is narrated also from the Prophet that Allah will infuse light in the
heart of the pious person who stands in prayer during the late hours of
the night. When the person utters, “Ya Rab, Ya Rab!”, Allah responds with
“Labbaek, Labbaek!” and says, “O My creature! Ask for what you want
from Me! Depend on Me that I am sufficient for the solution of your
problems!” Then Allah tells to the angels, “Look! How My creature
stands in My Presence in the dead of the night! That is the time when the
379thoughtless persons will be in their slumbers. You must bear witness
that I have obliterated the record of all his sins!”
It is narrated in the traditions that the Prophet of Allah (a.s) has said,
“Jibraeel always exhorts me about the Namaz e Shab so much that I worried perhaps the people in my Ummah might not get any sleep in the
thought of this prayer.”
It is narrated from Imam Mohammed Baqir (a.s) that one who has faith
in the Day of Reckoning and Allah will not let a night go when he has
not performed the Namaz e Shab.
It is narrated that a person approached Ameer al Momineen (a.s) and
said, “O Imam! I am unable to offer the Namaz e Shab!” Hazrat Ali(a.s)
said, “Your sins are preventing you from doing so.” And added, “Hazrat
Sulaiman (a.s)’s mother advised him,’ O son! Don’t sleep much in the
nights! Such a habit will render a person a beggar (faqir) on the Day of
Reckoning!’”
It is also narrated from Hazrat Ali (a.s) that a person asked him to tell
about the superiority and significance of the Namaz e Shab.” The Imam
(a.s) replied: Be informed that when a person spends a tenth of the night
in sincere supplication Allah would tell to the angels, “Write virtues in
the name of My creature equivalent to the leaves and flowers in the trees
that grow on the banks of the Nile.” In another tradition it is mentioned
that Allah orders the angels to write virtues in the record of a supplicant
equal to the leaves in all the trees in the universe. The Imam (a.s) said,
“One who spends a ninth part of the night in prayer, his Nama e Aamaal
will be placed in his right hand on the Day of Judgement!” “A person
who spends an eighth part of the night in supplication, Allah will give
him the status of a martyr who fought valiantly in the way of Allah and
met with death.” “One who spends a seventh pary of the night in prayer,
would rise from his grave with the face as radiant as the full moon and
will cross the Bridge of Siraat with grteat ease!” “One who spends a sixth
of the night in supplication will get pardon of his sins from Allah and
would be counted in the group of repentent people.” “One who spends a
fifth of the night in prayer will find a place in the neighborhood of
Hazrat Ibraheem (a.s) in the Heaven.” “One who spends a fourth of the
night in supplication will will rise with the group of successful people on
the Day of Judgement and will cross the Bridge of Siraat like a breeze and
enter the precincts of the Heaven.” “One who spends a third of the night
in prayer Allah will endow him with such a status that every angel
wishes to attain it. On the Day of Reckoning there will be Orders that he
should have freedom to enter the Heaven through any of the gates he
380wished to use!” “One who spent half the night in prayer will get so much
reward that if the entire surface of the earth is made of gold and offered
to that momin in place of the Reward, he would refuse to accept it. This
act of the person will be more valuable in the consideration of Allah than
freeing seventy slaves from the progeny of Hazrat Ismail (a.s).” “One
who supplicates two thirds of the night, Allah will write virtues in his
name equal to the grains of sand in a desert. The lowest number of virtues for such a person would be equal to ten times the size of the Mount
Ohad.” “One who supplicates the whole night, sometimes in prostration
and at other in genuflection, sometimes reciting the Holy Quran and
then uttering Allah’s names, Allah will reward him so much that all his
sins would be pardoned and would be as innocent as a just born baby.
The virtues written in the name of such a person will be equal to the
creatures in the world. The grave of the person would be filled with
light. Jealousy and greed would be obliterated from his heart. He will be
freed from the prosecution that takes place in the grave after death. He
will be exempt from the Hellfire. He will be raised from the grave on the
Day of Judgement who will be free of any fear of Retribution. Allah
would say to the angels,’ Look at my creature who spent the full night in
My Remembrance. Give him a place in the Jannat al Firdous and give him
a hundred thousand cities in the Heaven and every city should be adorned with what he wishes to have! Give him much more than what has
already been endowed on him!”
O Abu Dharr! Every spot of land where one puts his head down in
prostration will bear witness on the Day of Judgement. There is no resting place where travellers tarry for rest that will not pray for their safety
if they had offered their prayers in that place. The place will curse a person if he had committed any act contrary to the dictates of Allah while
tarrying there.
O Abu Dharr! There is no dawn or dusk when places don’t call each
other: “O my neighbor! Did any passerby talk of Allah while staying
with you!? Did any traveller put his forehead down in prostration?”
Some places would affirm that the travellers did prostrate in prayer and
the others would own that they just rested and went their way. The place
confirming about the visitors offering prayers while visiting it would
proudly feel that it had the privilege of people offering prayers to Allah
while being its guests.
Remember! Forgetfulness has so much engulfed the human race that
the inanimate things are more adept at praying to Allah. The inanimate
381things, although in posession of very feeble senses, busy themselves in
prayer.