The Role of Presence of the Heart in the Acceptance of the Prayer

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah does not accept the prayer of the servant whose heart is not present alongside his body.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily the servant performs a prayer where neither a sixth nor a tenth of it may be accepted. Verily only that part of his prayer is accepted from him wherein he was fully conscious.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Two simple units of prayer performed with contemplation are better than standing the whole night in prayer.

Imam al-Baqir and Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Only that part of your prayer in which you engaged with your full attention is accepted. So if one is inattentive in all of it or careless in his performance of it, that same prayer is crumpled up and thrown back at his face.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whoever performs a two unit prayer fully knowing what he is saying in it, gets up from it with not a single sin left [unforgiven] between him and Allah.