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 مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ لاَ يَسْتَيْقِظُ مِنْ آخِرِ اَللَّيْلِ حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ لِذَلِكَ اَلْعَشْرُ وَ اَلْخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ فَيُصَلِّي أَوَّلَ اَللَّيْلِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَمْ يَقْضِي قَالَ« لاَ بَلْ يَقْضِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ إِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ ذَلِكَ خُلُقاً»
And from him, from Muhammad ibn Sinan, from Ibn Muskan, from Muhammad ibn Muslim. He said: I asked Him عليه السلام about a man who does not wake up at the end of the night until ten or fifteen nights pass in this state, so he prays at the beginning of the night. Is that more beloved to you, or that he makes it up? Imam عليه السلام said: “No, rather, that he makes it up is more beloved to me. I dislike that he should take that as a habit.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 127
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb