Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām 2, narration 11

Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Chapter on Recommended (Non-Obligatory) Prayers

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Arabic text

مَا رَوَاهُ اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلتَّطَوُّعِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ اَلنَّهَارِ فَقَالَ« اَلَّذِي يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ لاَ يُقْصَرَ عَنْهُ ثَمَانُ رَكَعَاتٍ عِنْدَ زَوَالِ اَلشَّمْسِ وَ بَعْدَ اَلظُّهْرِ رَكْعَتَانِ وَ قَبْلَ اَلْعَصْرِ رَكْعَتَانِ وَ بَعْدَ اَلْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَانِ وَ قَبْلَ اَلْعَتَمَةِ رَكْعَتَانِ وَ مِنَ اَلسَّحَرِ ثَمَانُ رَكَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يُوتِرُ وَ اَلْوَتْرُ ثَلاَثُ رَكَعَاتٍ مَفْصُولَةً ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَانِ قَبْلَ صَلاَةِ اَلْفَجْرِ وَ أَحَبُّ صَلاَةِ اَللَّيْلِ إِلَيْهِمْ آخِرُ اَللَّيْلِ»

Translation

Al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id narrated from Hammad ibn Isa from Shu‘ayb from Abu Basir. He said: I asked Abu Abdillah (a.s) about voluntary prayers during the night and day. Imam (a.s) said: “The amount that is recommended not to be left is: eight rak‘ahs at the time when the sun passes the meridian, and after Dhuhr two rak‘ahs, and before ‘Asr two rak‘ahs, and after Maghrib two rak‘ahs, and before ‘atamah two rak‘ahs, and at the time of sahar (pre-dawn) eight rak‘ahs, then he performs witr, and witr is three rak‘ahs, separated. Then two rak‘ahs before the salah of fajr. And the most beloved of the night prayer to them is at the end of the night.”

Translation: Haydar Ali Shaykh ibn Muhammad — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. Al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id narrated
  2. Hammad ibn Isa
  3. Shu‘ayb
  4. Abu Basir. He said

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Published assessments

  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari

    authentic

    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 7

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    Not included

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb

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