Chapter on the Rulings on Forgetfulness (Ahkam al-Sahw)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 16
عَنْهُ عَنِ اَلْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ أَنَا أَسْمَعُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي كَثِيرُ اَلسَّهْوِ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ« وَ هَلْ يَسْلَمُ مِنْهُ أَحَدٌ» فَقُلْتُ مَا أَظُنُّ أَحَداً أَكْثَرَ سَهْواً مِنِّي فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّ اَلْعَبْدَ يُرْفَعُ لَهُ ثُلُثُ صَلاَتِهِ وَ نِصْفُهَا وَ ثَلاَثَةُ أَرْبَاعِهَا وَ أَقَلُّ وَ أَكْثَرُ عَلَى قَدْرِ سَهْوِهِ فِيهِ وَ لَكِنَّهُ يُتَمُّ لَهُ مِنَ اَلنَّوَافِلِ» فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ مَا أَرَى اَلنَّوَافِلَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تُتْرَكَ عَلَى حَالٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« أَجَلْ لاَ»
From him, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Abi Hamzah from Abu Basir, who said:
A man said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, while I was listening: "May I be your ransom! I am very forgetful in prayer." Imam عليه السلام said: "And is there anyone who is safe from it?" I said: "I do not think anyone is more forgetful than I am." Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, said: "O Aba Muhammad, a servant’s prayer may be raised for him as a third, or a half, or three-quarters, or less, or more, according to the extent of his forgetfulness in it. But it is completed for him through the supererogatory prayers." Then Abu Basir said to Imam عليه السلام: "I see that the supererogatory prayers should never be abandoned under any circumstance." Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, said: "Yes, indeed."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 367
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