Imam Khamenei

Why are we obliged to pray 5 times a day? Imam Khamenei answers

 

This is why we perform daily prayers five times a day, in each prayer we say at least in two rak’ats: "(Lord), guide us to the right path;" [the Quran; 1:6]. One supplicates to God once and for asking God’s forgiveness he/she says: "(Lord), guide us to the right path; [the Quran; 1:6]". How much do we need to ask for God’s forgiveness, and repeat it in prayers several times a day? Whereas, for being guided you perform seventeen rak'ats of obligatory prayers. Of these seventeen rak'ats, in ten rak’ats, you have to say, "(Lord), guide us to the right path!" [the Quran; 1:6].

What is this guidance? This is because we need this guidance every moment. If we are guided now, a minute later, we need this guidance again. If a minute later, we are guided, then the next minute, we need the guidance again. We are constantly facing dilemmas. In life, as we progress, we are constantly facing the dilemma of saying or not saying something, deciding or not deciding on something, saying something this way or another way. So, we need constant guidance of God. Piety means that we should be careful, because there are many misleading alternative ways to the right path. One might make a mistake somewhere and take one of the alternatives instead of the right path.
November 4, 1990
Statements made during a meeting with the officials of the courts for the clergy

Tags

  • Daily prayers
  • Dua
  • Islam
  • Quran

Comments

  • 2019-07-30 01:57
    Besmehi ta'ala: Salam, lotfan ein sokhanrani dar morede ein maghaleh hast, dar che tarikhi b farsi hast chon mikham k be ein sokhanrani goosh konam. Mohtaraman.
  • 2019-07-31 02:04
    B name khoda: Tarikhe 1369/12/26- az bayanate Ayt. Khamenei ra goosh dadam. Dar rabet b nemaz hast, amma khode ein "Statement" ro nashanidam.
  • 2019-07-31 02:09
    B name khoda: bbakhshid tarikho eshtebah dadam. Tarikhe 79/12/26- ro check kardam va ein statement ro b zabane farsi az Ayt. Khamenei nadidam.
    Site Answer: Assalamu Alaikum. Here is the Farsi source of this text. http://farsi.khamenei.ir/speech-content?id=2377
                                            

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