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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) when asked about the best and most beloved deed to Allah, replied, 'I do not know anything after true knowledge [of Allah] to be better than this prayer. Do you not see that the righteous servant Jesus son of Mary even said, ...and he has enjoined me to {establish) the prayer...'

Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq [as]

al-Kafi, v. 3, p. 264, no. 1

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