Chapter on the Prayer in the Ship
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 11
وَعَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلصَّلاَةِ فِي اَلسَّفِينَةِ فَقَالَ« يُصَلِّي قَائِماً فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ اَلْقِيَامَ فَلْيَجْلِسْ وَ يُصَلِّي وَ هُوَ مُسْتَقْبِلُ اَلْقِبْلَةِ فَإِنْ دَارَتِ اَلسَّفِينَةُ فَلْيَدُرْ مَعَ اَلْقِبْلَةِ إِنْ قَدَرَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَلْيَثْبُتْ عَلَى مَقَامِهِ وَ لْيَتَحَرَّ اَلْقِبْلَةَ بِجُهْدِهِ» وَ قَالَ« يُصَلِّي اَلنَّافِلَةَ مُسْتَقْبِلَ صَدْرِ اَلسَّفِينَةِ وَ هُوَ مُسْتَقْبِلُ اَلْقِبْلَةِ إِذَا كَبَّرَ ثُمَّ لاَ يَضُرُّهُ حَيْثُ دَارَتْ»
From him, from Muhammad ibn Sinan, from Ibn Muskan, from Sulayman ibn Khalid.
He (Sulayman) said: “I asked Imam عليه السلام about prayer on a boat.” Imam عليه السلام said: “He should pray while standing, and if he is unable to stand, then let him sit and pray while facing the qiblah. If the boat turns, then let him turn with the qiblah if he is able to do so, and if he is not able to do so, then let him remain in his place and strive to face the qiblah with the best of his effort.” And Imam عليه السلام said: “He should pray the supererogatory prayer facing the front of the boat, while he is facing the qiblah when he says the takbir, and it does not harm him wherever the boat turns afterward.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 187
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