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
اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ مَسْعُودٍ اَلطَّائِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ:« أَنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي آخِرِ صَلاَةِ اَللَّيْلِ« هَلْ أَتىٰ عَلَى اَلْإِنْسٰانِ» قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلنُّعْمَانِ وَ قَالَ اَلْحَارِثُ سَمِعْتُهُ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ«« قُلْ هُوَ اَللّٰهُ أَحَدٌ» ثُلُثُ اَلْقُرْآنِ وَ« قُلْ يٰا أَيُّهَا اَلْكٰافِرُونَ» تَعْدِلُ رُبُعَهُ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَجْمَعُ« قُلْ هُوَ اَللّٰهُ أَحَدٌ» فِي اَلْوَتْرِ لِكَيْ يَجْمَعَ اَلْقُرْآنَ كُلَّهُ»
Al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Ibn Mas‘ud al-Ta’i:
Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: “The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, used to recite in the final rak‘ah of the night prayer: ‘Has there come upon man…’ (Surah al-Insan 76:1).” Ali ibn al-Nu‘man said, and al-Harith said: I heard Him عليه السلام while He عليه السلام was saying: ‘Surah Al-Ikhlas’ is one-third of the Qur’an, and ‘Surah Al-Kafirun’ equals one-fourth of it. And the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, used to combine ‘Surah Al-Ikhlas’ in the witr prayer in order to encompass the entire Qur’an.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 132
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