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 بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ اَلْعِيصِ بْنِ اَلْقَاسِمِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْبِيَعِ وَ اَلْكَنَائِسِ يُصَلَّى فِيهِمَا فَقَالَ« نَعَمْ» وَ سَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ يَصْلُحُ نَقْضُهَا مَسْجِداً فَقَالَ« نَعَمْ»
Al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from al-‘Ayyas ibn al-Qasim, who said:
I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about churches (biya’) and synagogues (kanaʾis), can one pray in them? Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes." And I asked Him عليه السلام: "Is it permissible to tear them down and build a mosque in their place?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 236
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