Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Chapter on Recommended (Non-Obligatory) Prayers
مَا رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ اَلصَّفَّارُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِي صَلاَةِ اَلتَّطَوُّعِ بَعْضُهُمْ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعاً وَ أَرْبَعِينَ وَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُصَلِّي خَمْسِينَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِالَّذِي تَعْمَلُ بِهِ أَنْتَ كَيْفَ هُوَ حَتَّى أَعْمَلَ بِمِثْلِهِ فَقَالَ« أُصَلِّي وَاحِدَةً وَخَمْسِينَ رَكْعَةً» ثُمَّ قَالَ« أَمْسِكْ» وَ عَقَدَ بِيَدِهِ« اَلزَّوَالَ ثَمَانِيَةً وَ أَرْبَعاً بَعْدَ اَلظُّهْرِ وَ أَرْبَعاً قَبْلَ اَلْعَصْرِ وَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ اَلْمَغْرِبِ وَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ عِشَاءِ اَلْآخِرَةِ وَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ اَلْعِشَاءِ مِنْ قُعُودٍ تُعَدَّانِ بِرَكْعَةٍ مِنْ قِيَامٍ وَ ثَمَانِيَ صَلاَةَ اَللَّيْلِ وَ اَلْوَتْرَ ثَلاَثاً وَ رَكْعَتَيِ اَلْفَجْرِ وَ اَلْفَرَائِضَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ فَذَلِكَ إِحْدَى وَ خَمْسُونَ رَكْعَةً»
Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saffar narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr: I said to Abu al-Hasan (a.s): “Our companions differ regarding supererogatory prayers. Some of them pray forty-four, and some of them pray fifty. So inform me of that which you yourself practice, so that I may do the same.” Imam (a.s) said: “I pray fifty-one rak‘ahs.” Then Imam (a.s) said: “Count with me,” and Imam (a.s) counted with his hand: “Eight at zawal, four after Dhuhr, four before ‘Asr, two after Maghrib, two before the final Isha, and two after Isha while sitting, they are counted as one rak‘ah when standing, and eight rak‘ahs of the night prayer, and witr three rak‘ahs, and two rak‘ahs of fajr, and the obligatory prayers are seventeen, that makes fifty-one rak‘ahs.”
Translation: Haydar Ali Shaykh ibn Muhammad — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.
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Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
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Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 9
Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
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