Chapter on the Qiblah (Direction of Prayer)
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 5
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مُوسَى اَلسَّابَاطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي رَجُلٍ صَلَّى عَلَى غَيْرِ اَلْقِبْلَةِ فَيَعْلَمُ وَ هُوَ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَفْرُغَ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ قَالَ« إِنْ كَانَ مُتَوَجِّهاً فِيمَا بَيْنَ اَلْمَشْرِقِ وَ اَلْمَغْرِبِ فَلْيُحَوِّلْ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى اَلْقِبْلَةِ حِينَ يَعْلَمُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مُتَوَجِّهاً إِلَى دُبُرِ اَلْقِبْلَةِ فَلْيَقْطَعْ ثُمَّ يُحَوِّلُ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى اَلْقِبْلَةِ ثُمَّ يَفْتَتِحُ اَلصَّلاَةَ»
Narrated by Muhammad ibn Ya’qub from Muhammad ibn Yahya from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali from ‘Amr ibn Sa’id from Musaddiq ibn Sadaqah from ‘Ammar ibn Musa al-Sabati: Abu Abdillah عليه السلام (was asked) regarding a man who prayed not facing the qiblah, and he realizes this while still in his prayer, before completing it. Imam عليه السلام said: "If he is facing a direction between the East and the West, then he should turn his face toward the qiblah when he becomes aware. But if he is facing the opposite of the qiblah (his back toward it), then he should stop the prayer, then turn his face toward the qiblah, and then begin the prayer anew."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 52
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 168