9ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): المُداوَمَةَ المُداوَمَةَ ! فإنَّ اللّهَ لَم يَجعَلْ لِعَمَلِ المُؤمِنينَ غايَةً إلّا المَوتَ.
9– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Act continuously, act continuously! For verily Allah has not decreed any end to the believer’ s actions except death.’[Mustadrak al-Wasail, v. 1, p. 130, no. 177]
10ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): قَليلٌ تَدومُ عَلَيهِ ، أرجى مِن كَثيرٍ مَملولٍ مِنهُ.
10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The little that you perform continuously is weightier than the great amount that you perform odiously.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 278]
11ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما مِن شَيءٍ أحَبَّ إلَى اللّهِ مِن عَمَلٍ يُداوَمُ عَلَيهِ ، وإن قَلَّ.
11– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘There is nothing more beloved to Allah than the performance of an action that is maintained regularly, even if it be little.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 82, no. 3]
12ـ الإمامُ الصّادق (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا كانَ الرَّجُلُ عَلى عَمَلٍ فَلْيَدُمْ عَلَيهِ سَنَةً ، ثُمَّ يَتَحَوَّلُ عَنهُ إن شاءَ إلى غَيرِهِ ؛ وذلكَ أنَّ لَيلَةَ القَدرِ يَكونُ فيها في عامِهِ ذلكَ ما شاءَ اللّهُ أن يَكونَ.
12– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘If a man performs a certain action, he should maintain it regularly for the duration of a year, then he may move on to another act if he wishes, and that is so that the grand Night of Ordainment (laylat al-qadr) is included in his year of performing that particular act, when whatever Allah wills therein happens.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 82, no. 1]
