Chapter on the Adhan (Call to Prayer) and the Iqamah
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 6
سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ النسباني عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ أُؤَذِّنُ وَ أَنَا رَاكِبٌ فَقَالَ« نَعَمْ» فَقُلْتُ فَأُقِيمُ وَ أَنَا رَاكِبٌ فَقَالَ« لاَ» قُلْتُ فَأُقِيمُ وَ أَنَا مَاشٍ فَقَالَ« نَعَمْ مَاشٍ إِلَى اَلصَّلاَةِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي« إِذَا أَقَمْتَ فَأَقِمْ مُتَرَسِّلاً فَإِنَّكَ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ» فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَدْ سَأَلْتُكَ أُقِيمُ وَ أَنَا مَاشٍ فَقُلْتَ لِي نَعَمْ أَ فَيَجُوزُ أَنْ أَمْشِيَ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ قَالَ« نَعَمْ إِذَا دَخَلْتَ مِنْ بَابِ اَلْمَسْجِدِ فَكَبَّرْتَ وَ أَنْتَ مَعَ إِمَامٍ عَادِلٍ ثُمَّ مَشَيْتَ إِلَى اَلصَّلاَةِ أَجْزَأَكَ ذَلِكَ»
Narrated by Sa’d ibn Abdillah from Muhammad ibn Isma’il ibn Buzay’ from Salih ibn ‘Uqba from Yunus al-Nisbani from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, who said:
I said to Him عليه السلام: "May I give the adhan while I am riding?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes." I asked: "Then may I give the iqamah while I am riding?" Imam عليه السلام said: "No." I asked: "May I give the iqamah while I am walking?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, walking toward the prayer." Then Imam عليه السلام said to me: "When you give the iqamah, give it calmly (with composure), for indeed you are in the prayer." I said to Him عليه السلام: "But I asked you whether I may give the iqamah while walking, and you said yes. So is it permissible for me to walk while in prayer?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, if you enter from the door of the mosque and you have said the takbir while following a just imam, and then you walk toward the prayer, that suffices for you."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 61
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