Chapter on Rulings on Forgetfulness (Sahw) in Prayer and What Requires Repeating of Prayer
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 10
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 10
Chapter on Rulings on Forgetfulness (Sahw) in Prayer and What Requires Repeating of Prayer
وَعَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ نَسِيَ أَنْ يَمْسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ فَذَكَرَ وَ هُوَ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ« إِنْ كَانَ قَدِ اِسْتَيْقَنَ ذَلِكَ اِنْصَرَفَ وَ مَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ وَ اِسْتَقْبَلَ اَلصَّلاَةَ وَ إِنْ شَكَّ وَ لَمْ يَدْرِ مَسَحَ أَوْ لَمْ يَمْسَحْ فَلْيَتَنَاوَلْ مِنْ لِحْيَتِهِ إِنْ كَانَتْ مُبْتَلَّةً وَ لْيَمْسَحْ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ أَمَامَهُ مَاءٌ فَلْيَتَنَاوَلْ مِنْهُ فَلْيَمْسَحْ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ»
And from him, from Muhammad bin Sinan, from Ibn Muskan, from Abu Basir:
Abu Abdillah عليه السلام (was asked) regarding a man who forgot to wipe over his head and remembered while he was in prayer. Imam عليه السلام said: "If he is certain of that, then he should leave the prayer, wipe over his head and his feet, and then start the prayer anew. But if he is uncertain and does not know whether he wiped or not, then let him take from his beard if it is moist and wipe with it over his head; and if there is water in front of him, let him take from it and wipe his head with it."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 213
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