Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām 2, narration 9

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

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Arabic text

فَأَمَّا اَلْأَحَادِيثُ اَلَّتِي رُوِيَتْ فِي نُقْصَانِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ مِنَ اَلصَّلاَةِ مِثْلُ مَا رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بِنْتِ إِلْيَاسَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ:« لاَ تُصَلِّ أَقَلَّ مِنْ أَرْبَعٍ وَ أَرْبَعِينَ رَكْعَةً» قَالَ وَ رَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ اَلْعَتَمَةِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ

Translation

As for the narrations that have been reported regarding a lesser number than what we have mentioned concerning prayer, such as what was narrated by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa from al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Bint Ilyas from Abdillah ibn Sinan, who said: I heard Abu Abdillah (a.s) say: “Do not pray less than forty-four rak‘ahs.” He (narrator) said: “And I saw him (Imam (a.s)) praying four rak‘ahs after the ‘atamah (final night prayer).

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. As for the narrations
  2. have been reported regarding a lesser number than what we have mentioned concerning prayer, such as what was narrated by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa
  3. al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Bint Ilyas
  4. Abdillah ibn Sinan, who said

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Published assessments

  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari

    authentic

    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 6

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    Ṣaḥīḥ

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 133

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