Secrets of Prayers in Razavi Hadith: With an Emphasis on the Saying “الصَّلَاةُ لَهَا أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافِ بَابٍ”
Volume 4, Issue 13, Summer 2016, Pages 153-171
Kavous Rouhi Barandagh
Abstract As the most widely used obligatory worship in Quran verses, and as the best means to approach to God Presence, prayers has outer and inner layers in addition to possessing complicated inner layers. Besides outer verdicts and rituals related to prayers, the legalization of each one of its components enjoys a special rationale and certain secrets.
Aimed at researching on Razavi sayings, the present research collected the hadiths said by Imam Reza majesty on the prayers secrets and analyzed the hadith of «الصَّلَاةُ لَهَا أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافِ بَابٍ» through the use of hadith explainers, mystics and the authors of the books on prayers secrets, especially by deep thinking on the mentioned sayings, coming finally to the conclusion that Razavi sayings confirm the fact that prayers has secrets besides addressing the prayers secret levels and the secrets of part of its elements and introductory sections while explaining the secrets of different parts of this spiritual admixture. Moreover, the only acceptable dimension in the mentioned hadith is the fact that prayers enjoys special secrets.

