Chapter on the Prayer Times (Mawaqit)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 13
سَعْدٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ قَالَ صَعِدْتُ مَرَّةً جَبَلَ أَبِي قُبَيْسٍ وَاَلنَّاسُ يُصَلُّونَ اَلْمَغْرِبَ فَرَأَيْتُ اَلشَّمْسَ لَمْ تَغِبْ إِنَّمَا تَوَارَتْ خَلْفَ اَلْجَبَلِ عَنِ اَلنَّاسِ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لِي وَلِمَ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ بِئْسَ مَا صَنَعْتَ إِنَّمَا تُصَلِّيهَا إِذَا لَمْ تَرَهَا خَلْفَ جَبَلٍ غَابَتْ أَوْ غَارَتْ مَا لَمْ يُجَلِّلْهَا سَحَابٌ أَوْ ظُلَمٌ تُظِلُّهَا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ مَشْرِقُكَ وَمَغْرِبُكَ وَلَيْسَ عَلَى اَلنَّاسِ أَنْ يَبْحَثُوا»
Sa'd narrated from Ahmad from Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id from Hammad ibn Isa from Hariz from Abu Usamah or someone else who said:
I once climbed Mount Abu Qubays while the people were praying Maghrib, and I saw that the sun had not actually set; it had only been concealed behind the mountain from the people. I then met Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, and informed him of this. Imam عليه السلام said to me: "And why did you do that? What a bad thing you have done! You should pray it when you do not see it, whether it has set behind a mountain or disappeared, so long as it is not hidden by a cloud or darkness that covers it. What is required of you is your east and your west, and it is not upon the people to investigate further."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 283
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