Chapter on Times of Prayer and Sign of Each of Its Times
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 4
مَا رَوَاهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ اَللُّؤْلُؤِيِّ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ اَلْحَارِثِ بْنِ اَلْمُغِيرَةِ اَلنَّصْرِيِّ وَ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ قَالُوا: كُنَّا نَعْتَبِرُ اَلشَّمْسَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ بِالذِّرَاعِ فَقَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« أَ لاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِأَبْيَنَ مِنْ هَذَا» قَالُوا بَلَى جَعَلَنَا اَللَّهُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ« إِذَا زَالَتِ اَلشَّمْسُ فَقَدْ دَخَلَ وَقْتُ اَلظُّهْرِ إِلاَّ أَنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا سُبْحَةً وَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْكَ فَإِنْ أَنْتَ خَفَّفْتَ سُبْحَتَكَ فَحِينَ تَفْرُغُ مِنْ سُبْحَتِكَ وَ إِنْ أَنْتَ طَوَّلْتَ فَحِينَ تَفْرُغُ مِنْ سُبْحَتِكَ»
That which was narrated by Sa’d ibn Abdillah, from Musa ibn al-Hasan, from al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn al-Lu’lu’i, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from al-Harith ibn al-Mughirah al-Nasri and ‘Umar ibn Hanzalah, from Mansur ibn Hazim, who said:
(Narrator said) ‘We used to measure the sun in Medina by the forearm. So Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said to us: “Shall I not inform you of something clearer than this?”’ They said: “Yes, may we be your ransom.” Imam عليه السلام said: “When the sun passes the meridian, then the time for Dhuhr has entered, except that there is a supererogatory prayer before it, and that is up to you. So if you shorten your supererogatory prayer, then (the time for Dhuhr begins) when you finish your supererogatory prayer, and if you lengthen it, then (it begins) when you finish your supererogatory prayer.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 23
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