Chapter on the Appointed Times for Entering Ihram
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 45
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 45
Chapter on the Appointed Times for Entering Ihram
وَ سَأَلَ مُيَسِّرٌ اَلصَّادِقَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَحْرَمَ مِنَ اَلْعَقِيقِ وَ آخَرَ أَحْرَمَ مِنَ اَلْكُوفَةِ أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ عَمَلاً فَقَالَ «يَا مُيَسِّرُ تُصَلِّي اَلْعَصْرَ أَرْبَعاً أَفْضَلُ أَوْ تُصَلِّيهَا سِتّاً» فَقُلْتُ أُصَلِّيهَا أَرْبَعاً قَالَ «فَكَذَلِكَ سُنَّةُ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا».
Maysar asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام about a man who assumed Ihram from Al-‘Aqiq and another who assumed Ihram from Kufa, saying: "Which of them has performed a better act?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "O Maysar, is it better to pray the afternoon prayer as four units or as six units?" I said: "To pray it as four units." Imam عليه السلام said: "Likewise, the practice of the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace of Allah سبحانه وتعالى be upon him and his family) is better than anything else."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 124