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 أَحْمَدَ وَ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اِبْنَيْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:« إِنَّمَا عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا اِنْتَصَفَ اَللَّيْلُ أَنْ يَقُومَ فَيُصَلِّيَ صَلاَتَهُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ إِنْ شَاءَ جَلَسَ فَدَعَا وَ إِنْ شَاءَ نَامَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ ذَهَبَ حَيْثُ شَاءَ»
And from him, from Ahmad and Abdullah, the two sons of Muhammad ibn ‘Isa, from Ali ibn al-Hakam, from Abdullah ibn Bukayr, from Zurarah:
Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام said: "It is only required of one of you, when midnight arrives, to rise and perform his prayer all at once, thirteen rak‘ahs. Then, if he wishes, he may sit and supplicate; if he wishes, he may sleep; if he wishes, he may go wherever he wishes."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 147
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