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 مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ اَلْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ أَخَفِّ مَا يَكُونُ مِنَ اَلتَّكْبِيرِ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ قَالَ «ثَلاَثُ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ قِرَاءَةٌ قَرَأْتَ بِ«قُلْ هُوَ اَللّٰهُ أَحَدٌ» وَ «قُلْ يٰا أَيُّهَا اَلْكٰافِرُونَ» وَ إِذَا كُنْتَ إِمَاماً فَإِنَّهُ يُجْزِيكَ أَنْ تُكَبِّرَ وَاحِدَةً تَجْهَرُ فِيهَا وَ تُسِرُّ سِتّاً»
Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr from Hammad from Al-Halabi who said:
I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about the lightest form of Takbir in the prayer. Imam عليه السلام said: "Three Takbirs; and if there is recitation, then you should recite ‘Surah Al Ikhlas’ and ‘Surah Al Kafirun’. And if you are the Imam (of prayer), it suffices for you to pronounce one Takbir aloud and to say six (Takbirs) quietly."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 310
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