Imam Ali (AS) was asked by a man, ‘I have been deprived of [the opportunity to] pray in the night, to which Imām replied, ‘You are one whose sins have imprisoned you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لِرَجُلٍ قالَ لَهُ: إنّي حُرِمتُ الصَّلاةَ بالليلِ ـ: أنتَ رَجُلٌ قد قَيَّدَتكَ ذُنوبُكَ .
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