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 عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ اَلْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «إِذَا اِفْتَتَحْتَ اَلصَّلاَةَ فَكَبِّرْ إِنْ شِئْتَ وَاحِدَةً وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ ثَلاَثاً وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ خَمْساً وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ سَبْعاً فَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ مُجْزٍ عَنْكَ غَيْرَ أَنَّكَ إِذَا كُنْتَ إِمَاماً لَمْ تَجْهَرْ إِلاَّ بِتَكْبِيرَةٍ»
And from him, from Ahmad from al-Husayn from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Ali from Abu Basir:
Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: “When you begin the prayer, you may say the Takbir once if you wish, or three times if you wish, or five times if you wish, or seven times if you wish, all of that suffices for you. However, if you are an imam, you should not recite aloud except with one Takbir.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 70
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