7ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّما الوُضوءُ حَدٌّ مِن حُدودِ اللّهِ؛ لِيَعلَمَ اللّهُ مَن يُطيعُهُ ومَن يَعصيهِ.
7– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Ablution is one of the boundaries of Allah with which He knows who obeys him and who disobeys him.’[`AeIlal al-Shara’i`a, p. 279, no. 1]
8ـ الإمامُ الرِّضا (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في عِلَّةِ الوُضوءِ ـ: لأنّهُ يَكونُ العَبدُ طاهِرا إذا قامَ بَينَ يَدَيِ الجَبّارِ عِندَ مُناجاتِهِ إيّاهُ، مُطيعاً لَهُ فيما أمَرَهُ، نَقِيّاً مِن الأدناسِ والنَّجاسَةِ، مَع ما فيهِ مِن ذَهابِ الكَسَلِ وطَردِ النُّعاسِ، وتَزكِيَةِ الفُؤادِ لِلقِيامِ بَينَ يَدَيِ الجَبّارِ.
8– Imam al-Rida (AS), regarding the reason for ablution, said, ‘So that the servant is pure when he stands before the Mighty One when engaged in supplication to Him, being obedient to Him through what He has commanded him, purified of filths and impurities, and also because it does away with laziness and repels drowsiness, and purifies the heart for standing before the Mighty One.’[`AeIlal al-Shara’i`a, p. 257, no. 9]
