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 اَلْقَاسِمِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَبْداً صَالِحاً عَ هَ لْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُقْرَأَ فِي صَلاَةِ اَللَّيْلِ بِالسُّورَتَيْنِ وَ اَلثَّلاَثِ فَقَالَ« مَا كَانَ مِنْ صَلاَةِ اَللَّيْلِ فَاقْرَأْ بِالسُّورَتَيْنِ وَ اَلثَّلاَثِ وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ صَلاَةِ اَلنَّهَارِ فَلاَ تَقْرَأْ إِلاَّ بِسُورَةٍ سُورَةٍ»
And from him, from Muhammad ibn al-Qasim who said:
I asked the Righteous servant (Abd Salih عليه السلام), peace be upon him: “Is it permissible to recite two or three Surahs in the night prayer?” Imam عليه السلام said: “As for the night prayer, recite two or three Surahs. But as for the daytime prayer, do not recite except one Surah (in each rak‘ah).”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 78
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 179