Al-Husayn b. Ibrahim b. Natana narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to us from his father from al-Hasan b. Mahbub from Hisham b. Salim from `Ammar b. Musa al-Sabati from Abi `Abdillah Ja`far b. Muhammad al-Sadiq . He said:

When one prays the obligatory prayers at the beginning of their timings, fulfilling their rites, the angel takes them up to heaven in a pure, bright form. They will chant: “May Allah preserve you just as you preserved me. May Allah safeguard you just as you safeguarded me with a noble angel.” When one prays it after its timing for no reason and does not fulfill its rites, the angel takes it up in a dark, shadowed form. It will chant: “You have lost me. May Allah lose you just as you lost me. May Allah not take care of you just as you did not take care of me.” Then, al-Sadiq said: The first things that the worshiper will be asked about when he stands before Allah are the obligatory prayers, the obligatory zakat, the obligatory fasting, the obligatory Hajj, and the wilaya of us, the Ahl al-Bayt. If he proclaims the wilaya and then dies upon it, his prayers, his fasts, his zakat, and his Hajj will be accepted from him. However, if he does not proclaim our wilaya before Allah, then Allah will not accept anything of his deeds.