Chapter on the Prayer of Fear

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 12
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 12

Chapter on the Prayer of Fear

وَعَنْهُ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَخَافُ مِنْ سَبُعٍ أَوْ لِصٍّ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي قَالَ« يُكَبِّرُ وَ يُومِئُ بِرَأْسِهِ»
And from him, from Fadalah, from Aban, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Abdillah. He said: I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about a man who fears a wild beast or a thief, how should he pray? Imam عليه السلام said: “He should say the takbir and gesture with his head.”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 189
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 297