Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Its Description and What is Obligatory and Recommended
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 15
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 15
Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Its Description and What is Obligatory and Recommended
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ اَلصَّرْمِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي أَخْرُجُ فِي هَذَا اَلْوَجْهِ وَ رُبَّمَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَوْضِعٌ أُصَلِّي فِيهِ مِنَ اَلثَّلْجِ فَكَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فَقَالَ« إِنْ أَمْكَنَكَ أَنْ لاَ تَسْجُدَ عَلَى اَلثَّلْجِ فَلاَ تَسْجُدْ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُمْكِنْكَ فَسَوِّهِ وَ اُسْجُدْ عَلَيْهِ»
Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Dawud Al-Sarmi, who said:
I asked Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام, and said to Him عليه السلام: “I go out on this journey, and sometimes there is no place to pray except upon snow, what should I do?” Imam عليه السلام said: "If it is possible for you not to prostrate upon the snow, then do not prostrate upon it, but if it is not possible, then level it and prostrate upon it."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 334
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