Chapter on the Prayer in the Ship
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 6
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ اَلنَّضْرِ وَ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صَلاَةِ اَلْفَرِيضَةِ فِي اَلسَّفِينَةِ وَ هُوَ يَجِدُ اَلْأَرْضَ يَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهَا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ يَخَافُ اَلسَّبُعَ وَ اَللُّصُوصَ وَ يَكُونُ مَعَهُ قَوْمٌ لاَ يَجْتَمِعُ رَأْيُهُمْ عَلَى اَلْخُرُوجِ وَ لاَ يُطِيعُونَهُ وَ هَلْ يَضَعُ وَجْهَهُ إِذَا صَلَّى أَوْ يُومِئُ إِيمَاءً أَوْ قَاعِداً أَوْ قَائِماً فَقَالَ« إِنِ اِسْتَطَاعَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ قَائِماً فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ صَلَّى جَالِساً» وَ قَالَ« لاَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لاَ يَخْرُجَ فَإِنَّ أَبِي سَأَلَهُ عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ اَلْمَسْأَلَةِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ« أَتَرْغَبُ عَنْ صَلاَةِ نُوحٍ»»
Ahmad ibn Muhammad by al-Husayn by al-Nadr and Fadalah by Abdullah ibn Sinan from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام:
I asked Imam al-Sadiq عليه السلام: “About the obligatory prayer on a ship while he is able to reach land, except that he fears wild beasts and thieves. And he is with people whose opinion is not united on going out and they do not obey him. And should he place his face (on the ground) when he prays, or gesture with signs, or pray sitting, or standing?” Imam عليه السلام said: “If he is able to pray standing, that is better. And if he is not able, then let him pray sitting.” And Imam عليه السلام said: “There is no blame upon him for not going out (to land), for my father (Imam al-Baqir عليه السلام) was asked about a similar matter by a man, and Imam عليه السلام said: ‘Do you turn away from the prayer of Nuh عليه السلام?’”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 326
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 296