Chapter on the Prayer of the Eclipse
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 5
وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَهْزِيَارَ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ كَثْرَةَ اَلزَّلاَزِلِ فِي اَلْأَهْوَازِ وَ قُلْتُ تَرَى لِيَ اَلتَّحَوُّلَ عَنْهَا فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ« لاَ تَتَحَوَّلُوا عَنْهَا وَ صُومُوا اَلْأَرْبِعَاءَ وَ اَلْخَمِيسَ وَ اَلْجُمُعَةَ وَ اِغْتَسِلُوا وَ طَهِّرُوا ثِيَابَكُمْ وَ اُبْرُزُوا يَوْمَ اَلْجُمُعَةِ وَ اُدْعُوا اَللَّهَ فَإِنَّهُ يَدْفَعُ عَنْكُمْ» قَالَ فَفَعَلْنَا فَسَكَنَتِ اَلزَّلاَزِلُ
Ali ibn Mahziyar narrated:
I wrote to Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, and complained to Imam عليه السلام about the frequent earthquakes in Ahwaz, and I asked: ‘Do you see that I should relocate from it (Ahwaz)?’ So Imam عليه السلام, peace be upon him, wrote: “Do not relocate from it. Fast on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and perform ghusl, purify your clothes, go out on Friday, and supplicate to Allah سبحانه وتعالى, for indeed He عز وجل will repel it from you.” He (Ali ibn Mahziyar) said: “So we did (as Imam عليه السلام said), and the earthquakes subsided.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 325
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