Prayers

Wise Sayings of Imam Khomeini

o Sound prayers drive away obscenity and vice from an ummah. o Perform the prayers; revive this political tradition of Islam.

o Don't say. "We've staged a revolution and we must now constantly yell!"

No! Say your prayers; it is above all yelling!

o The Friday congregational prayers are above all other affairs.

o The Friday congregational prayers, which are a demonstration of Islam's

political and social power, should be performed with utmost splendor and richness of content!

o Make your congregations compact, especially on Fridays, and emphasize

the importance of religious rites and ceremonies.

o The holding of the Friday congregational prayers is one of the blessings of

this movement and Revolution.

o Perform the Friday congregational prayers, as well as other prayers with

splendor; the evils [shayatm] are afraid of the prayer and mosque.

o Never neglect the Friday and daily congregational prayers for they are the

political manifestation of the prayer.

o The Friday congregational prayers are one of God's major favors to the

Islamic Republic of Iran.

o Almighty God wishes that when reciting His Name and remembering

Him. the servant is detached from all that is not of God and be sincere in supplicating to Him.

Source: 'Wise Sayings of Imam Khomeini" book