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Are the hours assigned to the Imams in Mafatih correct? Please clarify which hours are correctly attributed to each Imam. As for the second part of my question: at the present time, is the Imam of our time the master of all the hours—their master for all 24 hours—or not? Please explain fully.
Specific hours are assigned to each infallible Imam (AS), but their blessed spirit is present at all times. This designation is like that of the body’s principal organs: each has a special place, yet remains connected to the body as a whole. In Mafatih al-Jinan, particular hours are attributed to the Imams (AS), indicating their special connection with those times.
Although particular hours are assigned to particular revered figures, the blessed spirit of each and every one of them is present at all times. This is like the body’s principal organs and limbs: each has its own special place, yet each is connected with the body as a whole, just as the body as a whole is connected with them.
Prayers for the Hours
The First Hour
From dawn until sunrise—dedicated to the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him:
اللهم رب البهاء و العظمه و الکبریاء و السلطان أظهرت القدره کیف شئت و مننت على عبادک بمعرفتک «313» و تسلطت علیهم بجبروتک و علمتهم شکر نعمتک اللهم فبحق «314» علی المرتضى للدین و العالم بالحکم و مجاری التقى إمام المتقین صل على محمد و آله فی الأولین و الآخرین و أقدمه بین یدی حوائجی أن تصلی على محمد و آل محمد و أن تفعل بی کذا و کذا
The Second Hour …
*Misbah al-Mutahajjid wa Silah al-Muta‘abbid*, vol. 2, p. 513