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 عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ اَلنَّهَاوَنْدِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ:« إِذَا ذَكَرْتَ نِعْمَةَ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ وَ كُنْتَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ لاَ يَرَاكَ أَحَدٌ فَأَلْصِقْ خَدَّكَ بِالْأَرْضِ وَ إِذَا كُنْتَ فِي مَلَإٍ مِنَ اَلنَّاسِ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى أَسْفَلِ بَطْنِكَ وَ اِحْنِ ظَهْرَكَ وَ لْيَكُنْ تَوَاضُعاً لِلَّهِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ أَحَبُّ وَ تُرِي أَنَّ ذَلِكَ غَمْزٌ وَجَدْتَهُ فِي أَسْفَلِ بَطْنِكَ»
And from him, from Abu Ishaq al-Nahawandi, from Ahmad ibn ‘Umar, from Muhammad ibn Sinan, from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar, who said: I heard Abu Abdillah عليه السلام say: “When you remember the blessing of Allah سبحانه وتعالى upon you and you are in a place where no one sees you, then place your cheek on the ground. But if you are among a group of people, then place your hand on the lower part of your abdomen, bend your back slightly, and let it be an act of humility before Allah سبحانه وتعالى, for that is more beloved. And let it appear as though it is a cramp you are feeling in your lower abdomen.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 121
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb