Chapter on the Prayer Times (Mawaqit)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 13
اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَ عُبَيْسِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَبِي غِيَاثٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ:« إِذَا حَضَرَتِ اَلْمَكْتُوبَةُ فَابْدَأْ بِهَا فَلاَ يَضُرُّكَ أَنْ تَتْرُكَ مَا قَبْلَهَا مِنَ اَلنَّافِلَةِ»
Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad from Salih ibn Khalid and ‘Ubays ibn Hisham from Thabit from Ziyad ibn Abi Ghiyath from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, who said:
I heard Imam عليه السلام say: “When the obligatory prayer is present, begin with it; it will not harm you if you leave the supererogatory prayer that comes before it.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 265
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 158