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

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِذَا أَقَمْتُ لِلصَّلاَةِ أَقْرَأُ« بِسْمِ اَللّٰهِ اَلرَّحْمٰنِ اَلرَّحِيمِ فِي فَاتِحَةِ اَلْقُرْآنِ قَالَ« نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ فَإِذَا قَرَأْتُ فَاتِحَةَ اَلْقُرْآنِ أَقْرَأُ« بِسْمِ اَللّٰهِ اَلرَّحْمٰنِ اَلرَّحِيمِ مَعَ اَلسُّورَةِ قَالَ« نَعَمْ»
Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub from Ali ibn Ibrahim from Muhammad ibn Isa from Yunus from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who said: I said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: “When I stand for prayer, should I recite ‘Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Rahim’ in Surah al-Fatiha?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Yes.” I asked: “Then when I have recited Surah al-Fatiha, should I recite ‘Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Rahim’ with the next Surah?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Yes.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 74
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb