✦⋆· asked a man, "What are you doing?'

The man replied, 'I am worshipping.'

So he asked, 'Then who is it that supports you [financially]?'

He replied, 'My brother', to which Prophet Isa (as) said, 'Your brother is a better worshipper than you."

✦⋆· said, "The best of people is he who longs for worship and embraces it, loves it with his heart, throws himself into it with his whole body, and devotes himself exclusively to it, such that he is not concerned in what worldly state he wakes up in the morning: in difficulty or in ease."

● "Worship performed while having consumed unlawful food is like a building on sand."[or on water according to other narrations].

● "The best form of worship is to gain an understanding [of religion]."

● "The worship deserving of the greatest reward is that which is most discreetly performed."

● "Looking at [the face of] a scholar is worship, looking at [the face of] a just Imam is worship, looking at one's parents with kindness and mercy is worship, and looking at the face of a brother whom you love for the sake of Allah is worship."

● "There is no use to worship without conviction."

● "Worship Allah as if you see Him, for although you may not see Him, indeed He sees you."

● "Entertaining the best opinion about Allah is a form of worship of Allah, most High."

● "Your Lord addresses you, saying, "O son of Adam! Devote yourself exclusively to My worship and I will fill your heart with wealth and your hands with ready sustenance.

O son of Adam! Do not distance yourself from Me or I will fill your heart with poverty and your hands with work [to preoccupy you]."

✦⋆· said,"When Allah loves a servant He inspires him to carry out the best forms of worship."

● "Worship without understanding is no good."

● "The best form of worship is breaking a habit or an addiction."

● "The best form of worship is abstinence."

● "Pondering about the dominion of the heavens and the earth is the worship of the sincere ones."

● "Verily part of worship is to talk to people in a gentle manner and to spread the greeting of peace among them."

● "Adoration [of Allah] consists of five things: keeping the stomach empty, reading the Qur'an, performing the night prayer, imploring Allah at dawn, and crying much from fear of Allah."

● "There are people who worship Allah to gain His Favors, this is the worship of traders;

While there are some who worship Him to keep themselves free from His Wrath, this is the worship of slaves;

A few who obey Him out' of their sense of gratitude and obligations, this is the worship of free and noble men."

✦⋆· said,"Whoever gives a speaker his full attention has indeed expressed a form of worship or adulation to him.

If the speaker leads one to Allah through his words, then it is as if one worships Allah [by giving him attention], but if he leads one to Shaytan through his words, it is as if one worships Shaytan."

✦⋆· said, "Verily above every act of worship is an even better act of worship, and love for us, the household of the Prophet (saw), is the best act of worship."

● "He who obeys someone in committing an act of disobedience [to Allah] has indeed worshipped him."

● "The best form of worship is coming to know Allah and humbling oneself before Him."

● "The best form of worship is to be in a state of perpetual reflection about Allah and His power."

● "By Allah, there is no better way to worship Allah than to fulfil the right of a fellow believer."

● "The best worshipper among people is he who performs the acts obligatory upon him."

● "Worshippers are of three types:

People who worship Allah, Mighty and Exalted, out of fear, and that is the worship of a slave;

People who worship Allah, Blessed and most High, seeking to be rewarded thereof, and that is the worship of an employee;

And people who worship Allah, Mighty and Exalted, out of love for Him, and that is the worship of free men and is the best type of worship."

✦⋆· said, "Worship is not about fasting or praying much, rather worship is to reflect much on the command of Allah."

✦⋆· said,"The best form of worship is sincerity."