The Chapter on Obligatory Prayers
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 30
وَقَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: « إِنَّ اَلصَّلاٰةَ كٰانَتْ عَلَى اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتٰاباً مَوْقُوتاً » قَالَ «مَفْرُوضاً.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said regarding the words of Allah سبحانه وتعالى,: "Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a timed decree" (Surah An-Nisa 4:103). Imam عليه السلام said: "It means obligatory (prescribed)”.
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