Chapter on the Prayer of the Drowning Person, the One Who Is Alone, and the One in Necessity, and Other Such Cases
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 14
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 14
Chapter on the Prayer of the Drowning Person, the One Who Is Alone, and the One in Necessity, and Other Such Cases
وَ عَنْهُ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْمَرِيضِ قَالَ «يَسْجُدُ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ أَوْ عَلَى مِرْوَحَةٍ أَوْ عَلَى سِوَاكٍ يَرْفَعُهُ هُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ اَلْإِيمَاءِ إِنَّمَا كَرِهَ مَنْ كَرِهَ اَلسُّجُودَ عَلَى اَلْمِرْوَحَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ اَلْأَوْثَانِ اَلَّتِي كَانَتْ تُعْبَدُ مِنْ دُونِ اَللَّهِ وَ إِنَّا لَمْ نَعْبُدْ غَيْرَ اَللَّهِ قَطُّ فَاسْجُدْ عَلَى اَلْمِرْوَحَةِ أَوْ عَلَى سِوَاكٍ أَوْ عَلَى عُودٍ»
And from him, from Ibn Abi Umayr from Umar ibn Udhaynah from Zurarah from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him. He said:
I asked Imam al-Baqir عليه السلام about the (prayer of a) sick person. Imam عليه السلام said: “He should prostrate on the ground, or on a fan, or on a tooth-stick (siwak), something he raises up that is better than gesturing. Those who disliked prostration on a fan, only disliked it because of the idols that used to be worshipped besides Allah سبحانه وتعالى. And we have never worshipped anyone other than Allah سبحانه وتعالى, ever. So prostrate on a fan, or on a tooth-stick, or on a piece of wood.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 194
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 301