Chapter on the Qiblah (Direction of Prayer)

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 5
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 5

Chapter on the Qiblah (Direction of Prayer)

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ:« يُجْزِي اَلتَّحَرِّي أَبَداً إِذَا لَمْ يُعْلَمْ أَيْنَ وَجْهُ اَلْقِبْلَةِ»
Narrated by Muhammad ibn Ya’qub from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Hammad from Hariz from Zurarah, who said: Abu Ja’far عليه السلام said: "Estimation (taharri) is always sufficient when the direction of the qiblah is not known."
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 49
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb