Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Explanation of the Fifty-One Rak‘ahs; The Order, Recitation, Tasbih in Bowing and Prostration, Qunut, and What is Obligatory and Recommended Therein

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 8
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 8

Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Explanation of the Fifty-One Rak‘ahs; The Order, Recitation, Tasbih in Bowing and Prostration, Qunut, and What is Obligatory and Recommended Therein

وَ عَنْهُ عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْقُمِّيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« كَانَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يُصَلِّي اَلْغَدَاةَ بِ«عَمَّ يَتَسٰاءَلُونَ» وَ «هَلْ أَتٰاكَ حَدِيثُ اَلْغٰاشِيَةِ» وَ «لاٰ أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ اَلْقِيٰامَةِ» وَ شِبْهِهَا وَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي اَلظُّهْرَ بِ«سَبِّحِ اِسْمَ» وَ «اَلشَّمْسِ وَ ضُحٰاهٰا» وَ «هَلْ أَتٰاكَ حَدِيثُ اَلْغٰاشِيَةِ» وَ شِبْهِهَا وَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي اَلْمَغْرِبَ بِ«قُلْ هُوَ اَللّٰهُ أَحَدٌ» وَ «إِذٰا جٰاءَ نَصْرُ اَللّٰهِ وَ اَلْفَتْحُ» وَ «إِذٰا زُلْزِلَتِ» وَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي اَلْعِشَاءَ اَلْآخِرَةَ بِنَحْوِ مَا يُصَلِّي فِي اَلظُّهْرِ وَ اَلْعَصْرَ بِنَحْوٍ مِنَ اَلْمَغْرِبِ»
And from him, from al-Hasan ibn Mahbub, from Aban ibn Isa ibn Abdillah al-Qummi: Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: “The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace be upon him and his family, used to pray Ghadah (Fajr) with: ‘Amma yatasaa’alun’ (Surah An-Naba), ‘Hal ataka hadithu’l-ghashiyah’ (Surah Al-Ghashiyah), ‘La uqsimu biyawm al-qiyamah’ (Surah Al-Qiyamah), and similar surahs. And He عليه السلام used to pray Dhuhr with: ‘Sabbih isma Rabbika al-A‘la’ (Surah Al-A‘la), ‘al-Shamsi wa Duhaha’ (Surah Al-Shams), ‘Hal ataka hadithu’l-ghashiyah’ (Surah Al-Ghashiyah), and similar surahs. And He عليه السلام used to pray Maghrib with: ‘Qul huwa Allahu ahad’ (Surah Ikhlas), ‘Idha ja’a nasrullah wa’l-fath’ (Surah An-Nasr), ‘Idha zulzilati’l-ardu zilzalaha’ (Surah Az-Zalzalah). And He عليه السلام used to pray the final Isha similarly to how He عليه السلام prayed Dhuhr, and ‘Asr similarly to how He عليه السلام prayed Maghrib.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 102
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 187