Chapter on What is Permissible to Pray in, from Clothing and Place, and What is Not Permissible to Pray in, from That
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 11
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 11
Chapter on What is Permissible to Pray in, from Clothing and Place, and What is Not Permissible to Pray in, from That
اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ اَلْعَلاَءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي فِي زَاوِيَةِ اَلْحُجْرَةِ وَاِمْرَأَتُهُ أَوِ اِبْنَتُهُ تُصَلِّي بِحِذَاهُ فِي اَلزَّاوِيَةِ اَلْأُخْرَى قَالَ« لاَ يَنْبَغِي ذَلِكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا شِبْرٌ أَجْزَأَهُ يَعْنِي إِذَا كَانَ اَلرَّجُلُ مُتَقَدِّماً لِلْمَرْأَةِ بِشِبْرٍ»
Al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Safwan from Al-‘Ala’ from Muhammad ibn Muslim from one of the two (Imams عليه السلام), peace be upon them, who said:
I asked Him عليه السلام about a man who prays in one corner of the room and his wife or daughter prays beside him in the other corner. Imam عليه السلام said: “That is not appropriate. But if there is a span (shibr) of distance between them, it is sufficient” (meaning if the man is ahead of the woman by a span).
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 246
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 240