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
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْمَرِيضِ فَقَالَ« يَسْجُدُ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ أَوْ عَلَى اَلْمِرْوَحَةِ أَوْ عَلَى سِوَاكٍ يَرْفَعُهُ هُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ اَلْإِيمَاءِ إِنَّمَا كَرِهَ مَنْ كَرِهَ اَلسُّجُودَ عَلَى اَلْمِرْوَحَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ اَلْأَوْثَانِ اَلَّتِي كَانَتْ تُعْبَدُ مِنْ دُونِ اَللَّهِ وَ إِنَّا لَمْ نَعْبُدْ غَيْرَ اَللَّهِ قَطُّ فَاسْجُدْ عَلَى اَلْمِرْوَحَةِ أَوْ عَلَى عُودٍ أَوْ عَلَى سِوَاكٍ»
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub from Ibn Abi Umayr from Umar ibn Udhaynah from Zurarah from Abu Ja'far, peace be upon him, who said:
I asked Imam عليه السلام about the sick person. Imam عليه السلام said: "He should prostrate upon the earth or on a hand fan (mirwaha) or upon a tooth-stick that he raises, this is better than gesturing. The one who disliked prostrating on a hand fan only did so because of the idols that were once worshipped besides Allah سبحانه وتعالى, but we have never worshipped other than Allah سبحانه وتعالى at all. So prostrate on a hand fan, or on a stick, or on a tooth-stick (miswak)."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 335
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 215