Chapter on Ruling of the Unconscious Person, the One Afflicted with Bile (Sahib al-Mirrah]) and the Insane Person Regarding Prayer and Fasting
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 2|Chapter 20
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 4, Book 2, Chapter 20
Chapter on Ruling of the Unconscious Person, the One Afflicted with Bile (Sahib al-Mirrah]) and the Insane Person Regarding Prayer and Fasting
16 hadiths · 1 commentary
سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَ يُّوبَ بْ نِ نُوحٍ قَا لَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ اَلثَّالِثِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَ سْأَلُهُ عَنِ اَلْمُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ يَوْماً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ هَلْ يَقْضِي مَا فَاتَهُ أَ مْ لاَ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ» لاَ يَقْضِي اَلصَّوْمَ وَ لاَ يَقْضِي اَلصَّلاَةَ«.
Sa’ad ibn Abdullah, from Ayyub ibn Nuh, who said:
I (narrator) wrote to Abu al-Hasan al-Thalith عليه السلام (the Third), peace be upon him, asking Imam عليه السلام about ‘one who is unconscious for a day or more, does he make up what he missed or not?’ So the Imam عليه السلام, peace be upon him, wrote: “He does not make up the fast, and he does not make up the prayer.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 313
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ اَلصَّفَّارُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْقَاسَانِيِّ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ أَنَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ اَلْمُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ يَوْماً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ هَلْ يَقْضِي مَا فَاتَهُ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ» لاَ يَقْضِي اَلصَّوْمَ«.
Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saffar, from Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qasani, who said:
I (narrator) wrote to the Imam عليه السلام, peace be upon him, while I was in Madinah, asking Imam عليه السلام about ‘one who is unconscious for a day or more, does he make up what he missed?’ So the Imam عليه السلام, peace be upon him, wrote: “He does not make up the fast.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 313
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb
حَرِيزٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ اَلْأَيَّامَ قَالَ» لاَ يُعِيدُ شَيْئاً مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ«.
Hariz, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
(Imam عليه السلام was asked) regarding ‘a man who is unconscious for days.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “He does not repeat anything of his prayer.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 313
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَلْجَبَّارِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْمُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ يَوْماً أَوْ أَكْثَرَ هَلْ يَقْضِي مَا فَاتَهُ مِنَ اَلصَّلاَةِ أَمْ لاَ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ» لاَ يَقْضِي اَلصَّوْمَ وَ لاَ يَقْضِي اَلصَّلاَةَ«.
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya, from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar, from Ali ibn Mahziyar, who said:
I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘one who is unconscious for a day or more, does he make up what he missed of the prayer or not?’ So the Imam عليه السلام, peace be upon him, wrote: “He does not make up the fast, and he does not make up the prayer.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 313
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb
فَأَمَّا مَا رَوَاهُ اِبْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ اَلْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:» اَلْمُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ يَقْضِي صَلاَةَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ«.
As for what Ibn Abi Umayr narrated, from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtari, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
Imam عليه السلام said: “The one who is unconscious makes up the prayer of three days.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 313
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb
حَفْصٌ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:» يَقْضِي اَلْمُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ مَا فَاتَهُ«.
Hafs, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
Imam عليه السلام said: “The one who is unconscious makes up what he missed.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 313
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 369
حَفْصٌ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:» يَقْضِي صَلاَةَ يَوْمٍ«.
Hafs, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
Imam عليه السلام said: “He makes up the prayer of one day.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 314
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb
حَفْصٌ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:» يَقْضِي اَلصَّلاَةَ اَلَّتِي أَفَاقَ فِيهَا«.
Hafs, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
Imam عليه السلام said: “He makes up the prayer during which he regained consciousness.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 314
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb
اِبْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْمُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ شَهْراً مَا يَقْضِي مِنَ اَلصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ» يَقْضِيهَا كُلَّهَا إِنَّ أَمْرَ اَلصَّلاَةِ شَدِيدٌ«.
Ibn Abi Umayr, from Rifaa, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said:
I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘one who is unconscious for a month, what does he make up of the prayer?’ Imam عليه السلام said: “He makes all of it up. Indeed, the matter of prayer is severe.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 314
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 369
اَلْحَسَنُ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْمَرِيضِ يُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ قَالَ» إِذَا كَانَ دُونَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ قَضَاءٌ وَ إِذَا أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَعَلَيْهِ قَضَاءُ اَلصَّلاَةِ فِيهِنَّ«.
Al-Hasan, from Zuraa, from Samaa, who said:
I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘a sick person who becomes unconscious.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “If it is less than three days, then there is no making up upon him; and if he is made unconscious for three days, then upon him is the making up of the prayer in them.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 314
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb
اَلنَّضْرُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:» كُلُّ شَيْءٍ تَرَكْتَهُ مِنْ صَلَوَاتِكَ لِمَرَضٍ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْكَ فِيهِ فَاقْضِهِ إِذَا أَفَقْتَ«.
Al-Nadr, from Abdullah ibn Sinan, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
Imam عليه السلام said: “Everything that you have left of your prayers because of an illness in which you were made unconscious, make it up when you regain consciousness.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 314
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 369
صَفْوَانُ عَنِ اَلْعَلاَءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُفِيقُ قَالَ» يَقْضِي مَا فَاتَهُ وَ يُؤَذِّنُ فِي اَلْأُولَى وَ يُقِيمُ فِي اَلْبَقِيَّةِ«.
Safwan, from al-Ala, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said:
I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘a man who becomes unconscious and then regains consciousness.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “He makes up what he missed, and he gives the call to prayer for the first one and gives the iqamah for the rest.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 314
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 369
حَرِيزٌ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رَجُلٌ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ شَهْراً أَ يَقْضِي مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ شَيْئاً قَالَ »يَقْضِي مِنْهَا ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ«.
Hariz, from Abu Basir, who said:
I (narrator) said to Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him: “A man was made unconscious for a month; does he make up anything of his prayer?” Imam عليه السلام said: “He makes up three days of it.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 314
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb
حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَبِي كَهْمَسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: وَ سُئِلَ عَنِ اَلْمُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ أَ يَقْضِي مَا تَرَكَ مِنَ اَلصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ» أَمَّا أَنَا وَ وُلْدِي وَ أَهْلِي فَنَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ«.
Hammad, from Abu Kahmas, who said:
I (narrator) heard Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, when Imam عليه السلام was asked about ‘one who is unconscious, does he make up what he left of the prayer?’ Imam عليه السلام said: “As for me, my children, and my family, we do that.” – meaning make up the prayer.
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 314
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb
إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ عَنِ اَلْمُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ شَهْراً أَوْ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً قَالَ فَقَالَ »إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخْبَرْتُكَ بِمَا آمُرُ بِهِ نَفْسِي وَ وُلْدِي أَنْ تَقْضِيَ كُلَّمَا فَاتَكَ«.
Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from more than one person, from Mansur ibn Hazim, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
He (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘one who is unconscious for a month or forty nights.’ He (narrator) said: “So Imam عليه السلام said, ‘If you wish, I will inform you of what I command myself and my children with: that you make up everything that you missed.’”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 314
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 370
إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: »كُلُّمَا غَلَبَ اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ شَيْءٌ«.
Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from Abdullah ibn al-Mughira, from Abdullah ibn Sinan, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
Imam عليه السلام said: “Everything over which Allah سبحانه وتعالى has overcome a person, there is nothing upon its possessor.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 315
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb
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