Introduction

Reward for saying: There is no God except Allah (Laa ilaaha illallaah)

Reward of reciting Laa ilaaha illallaah a hundred times

Reward of reciting Laa ilaaha illallaah Wah’dahu Wah’dahu Wah’dahu

Reward of reciting Laa ilaaha illallaah with sincerity

Reward of reciting Laa ilaaha illallaah loudly

Reciting Laa ilaaha illallaah along with its conditions

Reward of bearing witness that there is no God except Allah

Reward of reciting Laa ilaaha illallaah al-malik…a hundred times

Reward of reciting Laa ilaaha illallaah without surprise

Reward of reciting Ash-hadu al Laa ilaaha illallaah

Reward of reciting Laa ilaaha illallaah thirty times a day

Reward of reciting Tasbeehaat-e-Arba often

Reward of reciting Laa ilaaha illallaahu h’aqqan h’aqqan

Reward of ending a supplication with Maashaa allaah…

Reward of reciting Alh’amdulillaahi a’laa…seven times a day

Reward of bearing witness to the Oneness of Almighty God and prophethood of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.)

Reward of reciting Takbeer, Tasbeeh, Tahmeed and Tahleel a hundred times

Reward of Tasbeehaat-e-Arbaa

Reward of saying Sub-h’aanallah

Reward of reciting Tasbeeh without surprise

Reward of reciting Sub-h’aanallaah a hundred times

Reward of saying Al-h’amdulillaahi kamaa huwa ahluh

Reward of saying Alhamdulillaahi rabbila’alameen four times

Reward of glorifying Allah

Reward of glorifying Divinity

Reward of a wise person

Reward of ten virtues

Reward of acknowledging the Lordship of Allah, Prophethood of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.), Imamate of Ali (a.s.) and fulfilling religious obligations

Reward of reciting Bismillaah before entering toilet

Reward of uttering a Name of Allah while performing ablution

Reward of performing ablution like Amirul Momineen (a.s.)

Reward when the parts of body concerned with ablution are wiped and when they are not

Reward of ablution of Maghrib and Morning Prayers

Reward of keeping eyes open during ablution

Reward of repeating ablution

Reward of doing Miswak

Swallowing ones spit for the respect of mosque

Reward of performing ablution before going to bed

Reward of rinsing one’s mouth and nose often

Reward of wrapping a cloth while going to bathroom

Reward of avoiding the sight of private parts of a believer

Reward of washing one’s head with Marshmallow (Khatmi)

Reward of washing head with Jujube (Beri) leaves

Reward of dyeing one’s hair

Reward of applying Noorah

Reward of combing one’s hair

Reward of combing one’s beard seventy times

Reward of applying Antimony (Surma)

Reward of cutting one’s hair

Reward of trimming one’s nails and moustache

Reward of wearing white shoes

Reward of wearing yellow shoes

Reward of wearing shoes

Reward of reciting Surah Qadr while cutting a cloth for new dress

Reward of praising Allah much while looking in the mirror

Reward of reciting the following supplication upon seeing a Jew, Christian or a Magian

Reward of complete ablution, Umrah, payment of Zakat…

Reward of reciting Raz”eetubillaahi rabbanw…

Reward of supplicating day and night

Reward of going to a mosque

Reward of visiting mosque often

Reward of going to a mosque on foot

Reward of Quranic conversation and making mosque one’s home

Reward of going to mosque after performing ablution

Reward of offering five times’ prayers on prime time

Reward of Nafila prayers

Reward of lighting a lamp in the mosque

Reward of retaining spit in the mouth during Salaat

Reward of offering prayer in Masjidul Haraam

Reward of offering Prayer in Masjidun Nabawi

Reward of offering Prayer between Masjidul Haraam and Masjidun Nabawi

Reward of offering Prayer in Masjid-e-Kufa

Reward of offering Salaat in Baitul Muqaddas, Masjid-e-Azam, Masjid-e-Qabeelah and Masjid-e-Sooq

Reward of sweeping the mosque floor

Reward of Calling out the Azaan

Reward of saying Azaan for seven years

Reward of reciting Azaan in a Muslim city for a year

Reward of repeating Azaan

Reward of reciting Azaan for ten years seeking reward from Allah

Reward of Muezzin between Azaan and Iqamah

Reward of offering Salaat along with Azaan and Iqamah

Reward of reciting Surah Ikhlaas, Surah Qadr and Ayatal Kursi in every rakat of a recommended Salaat

Excellence and reward of Qunoot

Reward of a complete Ruku

Reward of a Sajdah

Reward of keeping the palms on the ground during Sajdah

Reward of prolonging a Sajdah

Reward of reciting Durood in the state of Ruku, Sajdah and Qiyam

Reward of Sajdah-e-Shukr

Reward of Salaat

Reward of offering Morning Salaat in its prime time

Excellence of prime time over the last moments

Reward of offering obligatory prayers during prime time

Reward of Qasr prayers while travel

Reward of offering Friday prayers during travel

Reward of offering Salaat in congregation

Reward of rising up for Salaat

Reward of reciting Durood on Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) and his progeny on Friday after Asr prayers

Reward of reciting Surah Hamd, Surah Tauheed and Muawwazatain seven times, Ayatal Kursi, Ayat-e-Sakhr and the last verse of Surah Baraat

 حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ مَاجِیلَوَیْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ الْکُوفِیِّ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَیْمُونٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ ع قَالَ: لِلزَّانِی سِتَّهُ خِصَالٍ ثَلَاثٌ فِی الدُّنْیَا وَ ثَلَاثٌ فِی الْآخِرَهِ أَمَّا الَّتِی فِی الدُّنْیَا فَیَذْهَبُ بِنُورِ الْوَجْهِ وَ یُورِثُ الْفَقْرَ وَ یُعَجِّلُ الْفَنَاءَ وَ أَمَّا الَّتِی فِی الْآخِرَهِ فیسخط [فَسَخَطُ] الرَّبِّ وَ سُوءُ الْحِسَابِ وَ الْخُلُودُ فِی النَّارِ.

1. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Ali Majluwayh from his uncle Muhammad b. Ali al-Kufi from Ibn Fadhal from Abdillah b. Maymun from Abi Abdillah from his father (a.s.) who said: that there are six kinds of punishments for an adulterer. Three are related to this world and three to the hereafter. The punishments of this world are that the person will continue to lose the brilliance of his face; he will face poverty and die soon. The punishments of hereafter include displeasure of Allah on the Day of judgment, bad accounting of deeds and living in Hell forever.

 حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ یَحْیَی بْنِ الْمُغِیرَهِ عَنْ حَفْصٍ قَالَ قَالَ زَیْدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ ع قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع إِذَا کَانَ یَوْمُ الْقِیَامَهِ أَهَبَّ اللَّهُ رِیحاً مُنْتِنَهً یَتَأَذَّی بِهَا أَهْلُ الْجَمْعِ حَتَّی إِذَا هَبَّتْ تُمْسِکُ بِأَنْفَاسِ النَّاسِ نَادَاهُمْ مُنَادٍ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا هَذِهِ الرِّیحُ الَّتِی قَدْ آذَتْکُمْ فَیَقُولُونَ لَا فَقَدْ آذَتْنَا وَ بَلَغَتْ مِنَّا کُلَّ مَبْلَغٍ قَالَ فَیُقَالُ هَذِهِ الرِّیحُ رِیحُ فُرُوجِ الزُّنَاهِ الَّذِینَ لَقُوا اللَّهَ بِالزِّنَاءِ ثُمَّ لَمْ یَتُوبُوا فَالْعَنُوهُمْ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ قَالَ فَلَا یَبْقَی فِی الْمَوْقِفِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الزُّنَاهَ.

2.  Amirul Momineen (a.s.) relates  that  the  Almighty  Allah will spread a foul stench in the air on the Day of Judgment. This stench will irritate everyone assembled over there to an extent  that  people  will  start  suffocating  because  of  it.  A caller  will  ask,  “Do  you  know  from  where  this  stench  is coming which is troubling you so much?” People will reply, “We don’t know from where it is coming but we know that it is very suffocating indeed.” They will be told, “This is the smell  of  the  genitals  of  adulterers.  Those  who  committed adultery and passed away from the world without repenting. May  Allah’s  curse  be  upon  them.  You  all  should  curse them.”  Each  and  everyone  gathered  over  there  will  say, “May Allah’s curse be upon them.”

 أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِیَهَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ صَبَّاحِ بْنِ سَیَابَهَ قَالَ: کُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقِیلَ لَهُ یَزْنِی الزَّانِی وَ هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ قَالَ لَا إِذَا کَانَ عَلَی بَطْنِهَا سُلِبَ الْإِیمَانُ مِنْهُ وَ إِذَا أَقَامَ رُدَّ عَلَیْهِ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ یَعُودَ قَالَ مَا أَکْثَرَ مَنْ یَهُمُّ أَنْ یَعُودَ ثُمَّ لَا یَعُودُ.

3. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Ali b. Ibrahim from his father from Muhammad b. Abi ’Umayr from Muawiyah b. Ammar from Sabah b. Sayabeh who said: The narrator was with Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) when Imam (a.s.) was asked, “Is an adulterer a believer at the time of committing that sin?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “When he is committing the sin, faith is taken away from him and returned to him after the act.” Imam was asked, “What about one who wants to commit the sin once again?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “In most cases, even if people try to do so they are not able to.”

 أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عُبَیْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَهَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَعْیَنَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع یَقُولُ إِذَا زَنَی الرَّجُلُ أَدْخَلَ الشَّیْطَانُ ذَکَرَهُ فَعَمِلَا جَمِیعاً وَ کَانَتِ النُّطْفَهُ مِنْهُمَا وَ خُلِقَ مِنْهُمَا وَ خُلِقَ مِنْهَا الْوَلَدُ وَ یَکُونُ شِرْکَ الشَّیْطَانِ.

4.  It  is  narrated  that  Imam  Muhammad  Baqir  (a.s.)  said, “When a person commits fornication, he is not alone and the  Shaitaan accompanies  him. Both of them  commit this sin together. The semen is of one person only but the child belongs to both of them. Hence he is a partner of Shaitaan.”

 حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِیسَی عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْکَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: ثَلَاثَهٌ لا یُکَلِّمُهُمُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی وَ لا یُزَکِّیهِمْ وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِیمٌ مِنْهُمُ الْمَرْأَهُ تُوطِئُ فِی فِرَاشِ زَوْجِهَا.

5. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakil who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Yahya from Ahmad b. Muhammad from Uthman b. Isa from Ibn Muskan from Muhammad b. Muslim from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “The Almighty Allah will not even talk to three kinds of persons, they will not be purified and will be given severe chastisement. One of them is that adulterer woman who used to commit fornication on the bed of her husband.”

 حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ مَاجِیلَوَیْهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع أَ لَا أُخْبِرُکُمْ بکبر [بِأَکْبَرِ] الزِّنَاءِ قَالَ هِیَ امْرَأَهٌ تُوطِئُ فِی فِرَاشِ زَوْجِهَا فَتَأْتِی بِوَلَدٍ مِنْ غَیْرِهِ فَتُلْزِمُهُ زَوْجَهَا فَتِلْکَ الَّتِی لَا یُکَلِّمُهَا اللَّهُ وَ لَا یَنْظُرُ إِلَیْهَا یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ وَ لَا یُزَکِّیهَا وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِیمٌ*.

6. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Ali Majluwayh from Ali b. Ibrahim from Muhammad b. Abi ’Umayr from Ishaq b. Hilal from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “Should I tell you about the greatest form of fornication? It is when a woman commits adultery on the bed of her husband and becomes pregnant with the child of other man. Later on, this child is associated with her husband. The Almighty Allah will not speak to this woman on the Day of Judgment nor look at her with mercy. She will not be purified and get a severe chastisement.”

 حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِیسَی عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَذَاباً یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ رَجُلٌ أَقَرَّ نُطْفَتَهُ فِی رَحِمٍ یَحْرُمُ عَلَیْهِ.

7. It was narrated to me by Ali b. Ahmad b. Abdillah from his father from his grandfather Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah from his father from Uthman b. Isa from Ali b. Salim from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “The punishment of that person will be the severest who released his semen in a womb, which was prohibited for him.”

 وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُکَیْرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِی جَعْفَرٍ ع فِی قَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا زَنَی الرَّجُلُ فَارَقَهُ رُوحُ الْإِیمَانِ قَالَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَی وَ أَیَّدَهُمْ بِرُوحٍ مِنْهُ ذَلِکَ الَّذِی یُفَارِقُهُ.

8. And from the previous chain from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah from Ibn Fadhal from Abdillah b. Bukayr who said: The narrator asked Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.), “What is meant by the saying of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.): When a person commits fornication, the soul of faith is taken away from him?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “The soul separated from him is the same that is discussed in this verse: We granted them piety through this soul.”

 وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُکَیْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَهَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع یَقُولُ لَا خَیْرَ فِی وَلَدِ الزِّنَاءِ وَ لَا فِی بَشَرِهِ وَ لَا فِی شَعْرِهِ وَ لَا فِی لَحْمِهِ وَ لَا فِی دَمِهِ وَ لَا فِی شَیْ ءٍ مِنْهُ یَعْنِی وَلَدَ الزِّنَاءِ.

9.  It  is  narrated  that  Imam  Muhammad  Baqir  (a.s.)  said, “There is no good in illegitimate children. Neither there is good in their skin nor in their hair, flesh, blood or any other thing.”

 حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَابِدٍ عَنْ أَبِی خَدِیجَهَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ لَوْ کَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ وَلَدِ الزِّنَاءِ نَجَا نَجَا سَائِحُ بَنِی إِسْرَائِیلَ فَقِیلَ لَهُ وَ مَا سَائِحُ بَنِی إِسْرَائِیلَ قَالَ کَانَ عَابِداً فَقِیلَ لَهُ إِنَّ وَلَدَ الزِّنَاءِ لَا یَطِیبُ أَبَداً وَ لَا یَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ عَمَلًا قَالَ فَخَرَجَ یَسِیحُ بَیْنَ الْجِبَالِ وَ یَقُولُ مَا ذَنْبِی.

10.  Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said, “If illegitimate children are forgiven, the person who went around Bani Israel will be forgiven.” Imam was asked, “Who is the person who went around   Bani   Israel?”   Imam   (a.s.)   replied,   “He   was   a worshipper. He was told that illegitimate children will not be purified and none of their deeds will be accepted. The worshipper emerged in the mountains and asked: What is my fault in it?”

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

Book 3, Chapter 110