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 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذْ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ قُدَّامَهُ وَ اِبْنُهُ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ جَالِسٌ فَلَمَّا اِنْصَرَفَ قَالَ لَهُ اِبْنُهُ «يَا أَبَتِ مَا رَأَيْتَ اَلرَّجُلَ مَرَّ قُدَّامَكَ» فَقَالَ« يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّ اَلَّذِي أُصَلِّي لَهُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيَّ مِنَ اَلَّذِي مَرَّ قُدَّامِي»
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub from Muhammad ibn Al-Husayn from Amr ibn Khalid from Sufyan ibn Khalid from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him:
Imam عليه السلام was praying one day when a man passed in front of him while his son (Imam) Musa عليه السلام, peace be upon him, was sitting. When (Imam al-Sadiq عليه السلام) finished, his son (Imam al-Kadhim عليه السلام) said: "O my father, did you not see the man who passed in front of you?" Imam عليه السلام said: "O my son, the One عز وجل for whom I was praying is closer to me than the one who passed in front of me."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 347
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