Chapter on the Prayer Times (Mawaqit)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 13
عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْفَرَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا رُبَّمَا اِشْتَبَهَ اَلْوَقْتُ عَلَيْنَا فِي يَوْمِ اَلْغَيْمِ فَقَالَ« تَعْرِفُ هَذِهِ اَلطُّيُورَ اَلَّتِي عِنْدَكُمْ بِالْعِرَاقِ يُقَالُ لَهَا اَلدِّيَكَةُ» قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ« إِذَا اِرْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهَا وَ تَجَاوَبَتْ فَقَدْ زَالَتِ اَلشَّمْسُ» أَوْ قَالَ« فَصَلِّهِ»
Ali narrated from his father from Ibn Abi Umayr from Abu Abdillah Al-Farra' from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said:
A man from among our companions said to Imam عليه السلام: “Sometimes the time becomes unclear to us on a cloudy day.” Imam عليه السلام said: "Do you know those birds you have in Iraq that are called roosters?" I said: “Yes”. Imam عليه السلام said: "When their voices rise and they call to each other, then the sun has passed the meridian," or Imam عليه السلام said: "then pray."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 272
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 160