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

اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ اَلنَّضْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« إِذَا قَرَأْتَ شَيْئاً مِنَ اَلْعَزَائِمِ اَلَّتِي يُسْجَدُ فِيهَا فَلاَ تُكَبِّرْ قَبْلَ سُجُودِكَ وَ لَكِنْ تُكَبِّرُ حِينَ تَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ وَ اَلْعَزَائِمُ أَرْبَعَةٌ حم اَلسَّجْدَةُ وَ الم تَنْزِيلٌ وَ اَلنَّجْمُ وَ اِقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ»
Al-Husayn ibn Sa'id from Al-Nadr from Abdullah ibn Sinan: Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: "When you recite something from the obligatory verses of prostration (al-‘Aza’im) in which prostration is required, do not say the Takbir before your prostration, but say Takbir when you lift your head. And obligatory prostrations are four; Surah Fussilat, Surah As-Sajdah, Surah An-Najm, and Surah Al-‘Alaq."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 315
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb