Chapter on the Merit of Prayer, and What is Obligatory and Recommended from It
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 12
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 12
Chapter on the Merit of Prayer, and What is Obligatory and Recommended from It
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنِ اِبْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ اَلسَّابَاطِيِّ قَالَ: كُنَّا جُلُوساً عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِمِنًى فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مَا تَقُولُ فِي اَلنَّوَافِلِ فَقَالَ« فَرِيضَةٌ» قَالَ فَفَزِعْنَا وَفَزِعَ اَلرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« إِنَّمَا أَعْنِي صَلاَةَ اَللَّيْلِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ إِنَّ اَللَّهَ يَقُولُ« وَ مِنَ اَللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نٰافِلَةً لَكَ»
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya from Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abdillah from Ibn Faddal from Marwan from ‘Ammar al-Sabati, who said:
We were sitting with Abu Abdillah عليه السلام at Mina when a man said to him: “What do you say about the nawafil (supererogatory prayers)?” Imam عليه السلام said: “They are obligatory (faridah).” We were alarmed, and the man was alarmed too. Then Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: “I only mean the night prayer upon the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family. Indeed, Allah سبحانه وتعالى says: ‘And in the night, keep vigil with it as a supererogatory act for you’” (Surah Al-Isra’ 17:79).
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 259
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