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
وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ اِبْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ:« تُصَلِّي اَلْمَرْأَةُ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ إِزَارٍ وَدِرْعٍ وَخِمَارٍ وَلاَ يَضُرُّهَا بِأَنْ تَقَنَّعَ بِالْخِمَارِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْ فَثَوْبَيْنِ تَأْتَزِرُ بِأَحَدِهِمَا وَ تَقَنَّعُ بِالْآخَرِ» قُلْتُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ دِرْعاً وَ مِلْحَفَةً لَيْسَ عَلَيْهَا مِقْنَعَةٌ قَالَ« لاَ بَأْسَ إِذَا تَقَنَّعَتْ بِالْمِلْحَفَةِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكْفِهَا فَلْتَلْبَسْهَا طُولاً»
And from him, from Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id, from Uthman ibn ‘Isa, from Ibn Muskan, from Ibn Abi Ya‘fur, who said:
Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, said: "A woman prays in three garments: an izar (waist wrap), a dir‘ (long shirt), and a khimar (head covering). It does not harm her to wrap herself with the khimar. But if she does not find (all three), then two garments: she wraps the lower part of her body with one and covers her head with the other." I asked: "And if it is a dir‘ and a milhafah (outer wrap) and she does not have a miqna‘ah (headscarf)?" Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no problem if she covers her head with the milhafah. If it does not suffice her, then she should wear it lengthwise."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 231
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