Lesson one hundred eight :Real worship

Imam Ali( A. S. )said to Komeil:

يا كُمَيْلُ! لَيْسَ الشَّأْنُ أَنْ تُصَلِّىَ وَ تَصُوْمَ وَ تَتَصَدَّقَ، الشَّأْنُ أَنْ تَكُونَ الصَّلاةُ بِقَلْبٍ نَقِىٍّ وَ عَمَلٍ عِنْدَ اللّهِ مَرْضِىٍّ وَ خُشُوعٍ سَوىٍ‌

Translation

O, Komeil, this is not important to pray and fast and pay alms. It is important that your prayer( and other deeds )to be performed before God with a pure heart and properly accompanied with humility..

Brief description

The actual aspects of a deed as well as its way and quality determine its real value, not its appearance and quantity. As Imam Ali( A. S. )emphasizes Komeil that one should pay attention to the spirit of deed instead of its appearance and considering its quantity, because the final aim of these good deeds is man's education, development and improvement, and it depends on its sincerity not its quantity.