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 رَوَى اَلْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« لَمْ يَقُلْ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ «إِنَّ اَللّٰهَ يُمْسِكُ اَلسَّمٰاوٰاتِ وَ اَلْأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولاٰ وَ لَئِنْ زٰالَتٰا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمٰا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ إِنَّهُ كٰانَ حَلِيماً غَفُوراً» فَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْبَيْتُ»
Al-‘Abbas ibn Hilal narrated from Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha, from his father, peace be upon them both:
Imam عليه السلام said: “No one has ever said, when intending to sleep: ‘Indeed, Allah سبحانه وتعالى holds the heavens and the earth lest they cease to exist, and if they should cease, no one could hold them after Him عز وجل. Indeed, He عز وجل is Most Forbearing, Most Forgiving’, and then had the house collapse upon him.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 125
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