Chapter on the Prayer Times (Mawaqit)

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 13
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 13

Chapter on the Prayer Times (Mawaqit)

اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ:« لَوْلاَ أَنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَخَّرْتُ اَلْعَتَمَةَ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اَللَّيْلِ وَ أَنْتَ فِي رُخْصَةٍ إِلَى نِصْفِ اَللَّيْلِ وَهُوَ غَسَقُ اَللَّيْلِ فَإِذَا مَضَى اَلْغَسَقُ نَادَى مَلَكَانِ مَنْ رَقَدَ عَنْ صَلاَةِ اَلْمَكْتُوبَةِ بَعْدَ نِصْفِ اَللَّيْلِ فَلاَ رَقَدَتْ عَيْنَاهُ»
Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama'ah narrated from Muhammad ibn Ziyad from Harun ibn Kharijah from Abu Basir: Abu Ja'far, peace be upon him, said: “The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, said: ‘Were it not that I fear burdening my nation, I would have delayed the night prayer (Isha) until a third of the night. And you are in a state of concession until midnight, and that is the darkening of the night. When the darkening has passed, two angels call out: Whoever has slept through the obligatory prayer after midnight, may his eyes never taste sleep.’"
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 280
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 162