Chapter on What is Permissible and Impermissible to Pray in - of Clothing and Place
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 17
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 17
Chapter on What is Permissible and Impermissible to Pray in - of Clothing and Place
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلْمُصَلَّى وَ اَلْبِسَاطِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ تَمَاثِيلُ أَ يَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُصَلِّي أَمْ لاَ فَقَالَ« وَ اَللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ» وَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ وَ عِنْدَهُ بِسَاطٌ عَلَيْهِ تِمْثَالٌ فَقَالَ« أَ تَجِدُ هَاهُنَا مِثَالاً» فَقَالَ« لاَ تَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِ وَ لاَ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ»
Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Sa‘d ibn Isma‘il, from his father, said:
I asked Abu Al-Hasan Al-Ridha, peace be upon him, about a prayer mat or carpet that has figures on it, may one stand on it and pray or not? Imam عليه السلام said: "By Allah سبحانه وتعالى, I dislike that." And (Imam عليه السلام was asked) regarding a man who entered upon another man who had a carpet with a figure on it. Imam عليه السلام said: "Do you find an image here?" Then Imam عليه السلام said: "Do not sit on it and do not pray on it."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 398
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 247