What Can and Cannot Be Used for Prostration

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 41
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Book 1, Chapter 41

What Can and Cannot Be Used for Prostration

وَ رَوَى حَمَّادُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «اَلسُّجُودُ عَلَى مَا أَنْبَتَتِ اَلْأَرْضُ إِلاَّ مَا أُكِلَ أَوْ لُبِسَ.
Hamad ibn Uthman narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام that He said: "Prostration is to be done on what the earth produces, except for that which is eaten or worn."
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 41